Well, friendly llamas would admittedly be preferable.
However, any time I have an opportunity to watch camelids I'm always reminded of Pratchett's theories. Camels are actually aliens of high intelligence who have manifested a portion of themselves into our dimension in order to observe us. This requires only a small portion of their powerful minds, so they devote the rest to working higher mathematics in their heads, including the calculation of precise trajectories. Occasionally they test those calculations by spitting...
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Date: 2011-03-08 07:37 pm (UTC)However, any time I have an opportunity to watch camelids I'm always reminded of Pratchett's theories. Camels are actually aliens of high intelligence who have manifested a portion of themselves into our dimension in order to observe us. This requires only a small portion of their powerful minds, so they devote the rest to working higher mathematics in their heads, including the calculation of precise trajectories. Occasionally they test those calculations by spitting...