The U.S. had banned llama imports in the 1930s due to disease outbreaks. The ban was lifted in 1984 for Chilean llamas, and the llama love keeps on growing!
Since the Ancient Incas didn't discover the wheel until the conquest of Peru in 1532, llamas served as the primary means for carrying supplies across the rugged Andes region.
Archaeologists have identified llamas as the predominant veggie-eating creature in South America during this time.
