http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/02/18/last-night-a-llama-saved-my-life-animal-antibodies-could-treat-cancer-diabetes/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/02/18/last-night-a-llama-saved-my-life-animal-antibodies-could-treat-cancer-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-21312 Carol Reigh Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:02:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/02/18/last-night-a-llama-saved-my-life-animal-antibodies-could-treat-cancer-diabetes/#comment-21312 I enjoyed your article on llamas and their very useful antibodies. I did, however, want to clear up the mistunderstanding about biting. Llamas have no upper teeth so even if they wanted to bite, it would be difficult. I will grant you that the males do have fighting teeth on the sides of their jaw. If raised properly, Llamas by nature are very gentle and don't like to spit any more than we like to throw up but are forced into it when scared or startled. I might spit if I had to have a lot of needles stuck in me to get my anitibodies but then again, I am not as nice as a llama. thanks for writing the article; it was interesting. I enjoyed your article on llamas and their very useful antibodies. I did, however, want to clear up the mistunderstanding about biting. Llamas have no upper teeth so even if they wanted to bite, it would be difficult. I will grant you that the males do have fighting teeth on the sides of their jaw. If raised properly, Llamas by nature are very gentle and don’t like to spit any more than we like to throw up but are forced into it when scared or startled. I might spit if I had to have a lot of needles stuck in me to get my anitibodies but then again, I am not as nice as a llama. thanks for writing the article; it was interesting.

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