Llamas save the day, yet again

When they're not busy therapizing our at-risk youth and seniors, or saving the day in the community nativity scene (taking the place of the harder to come by camel) at Christmas time, llamas and alpacas are busy straight growing their hair out in the case of a major oil spill.

Yes, this year BP has one more tool in it's (rather pathetic looking) toolbox to clean up the spill in the gulf. Apparently llama fur is super absorbent and can be used in the booms that are placed in the water to contain the slick. The outlook is grim due to the seemingly unstoppable underwater oil volcano, but at least we can all smile at the llamas' ridiculous new look post-shearing.

        Preview of post-haircut alpacas

Video link is here, sorry no embed options. It's worth a click. :-)

And as one commenter summed up the situation nicely:

"Tina, come soak up some oil... Soak the OIL!"