Llamas

[shpalman]

Nice story about llamas and how we're presumably going to systematically bleed millions of them dry to treat all the covid cases

[Martin Y]

Well now we're just going to create a race of Llamamen. And then where will we be? Earwormed by that Steve Wright in the Afternoon jingle off of the '90s:

"Llamaman, llamaman
Does whatever a llama can
He can bleat, he can trot
Has whatever a llama's got..."

[veravista]

Ha! But she's Belgian! An EU Llama, oh the ignominy.

[AMS]

Camelid family domain antibodies are a well known thing in the biotech world. But we don't need to bleed millions of llamas - gene sequencing and GMP recombinant protein manufacture are mature technologies.

[Little waster]

Well now we're just going to create a race of Llamamen. And then where will we be? Earwormed by that Steve Wright in the Afternoon jingle off of the '90s:

"Llamaman, llamaman
Does whatever a llama can
He can bleat, he can trot
Has whatever a llama's got..."

Alpaca your coat, it’s time for you to go!

[Herainestold]

As long as its llamas they are going to bleed and not lamas.

The one L lama, he's a priest
The two L llama, he's a beast
And I will bet my silk pyjama
There isn't any three L lllama.
-- O. Nash

[bolo]

Isn't Llamaman a place in Wales?

[Bird on a Fire]

As long as its llamas they are going to bleed and not lamas.

The one L lama, he's a priest
The two L llama, he's a beast
And I will bet my silk pyjama
There isn't any three L lllama.
-- O. Nash

The original pronunciation of the two L llama would be more faithfully rendered as 'yama' in English, as it comes from a Quechuan word via Spanish (and AIUI the two languages roughly share spelling conventions).

So we could solve the problem by de-Anglicising the pronunciation or fixing the spelling.

Alternatively, the scientific name is Lama glama, so we could use Lama (with appropriate capitalization), as the priestly kind is only capitalised when part of a title.

That said, context generally provides valuable clues as to the type of llama/lama/Lama being discussed. I've rarely been confused.

[FlammableFlower]

This is my favourite image in a paper - surprised llama vs giant syringe

Unfortunately I can't seem to view the original images to see it in all it's glory. It had me in stitches when I was reading the paper (yes I know it's sad).

Oooo, tracked it down - how can I upload images?

[shpalman]

Camelid family domain antibodies are a well known thing in the biotech world. But we don't need to bleed millions of llamas - gene sequencing and GMP recombinant protein manufacture are mature technologies.

Well in the meantime I think Italy is bleeding ex-covid-sufferers dry and lots of antivax morons are all like bIg pHaRmA wAnT tO sElL tHe vAcCiNe wHeN pLaSmA iS fReE despite monoclonal antibodies being a thing.

[Martin Y]

Alternatively, the scientific name is Lama glama, so ...

Right. I am now going to invent a llama and turkey dish, perhaps some kind of turkey escalope with llama milk cheese, purely so it can be called lama glama dindon.

[plebian]

Well now we're just going to create a race of Llamamen. And then where will we be? Earwormed by that Steve Wright in the Afternoon jingle off of the '90s:

"Llamaman, llamaman
Does whatever a llama can
He can bleat, he can trot
Has whatever a llama's got..."

Llamamen is just down the valley from Machynlleth, near the Centre for Alternative Technology.

[plebian]

Isn't Llamaman a place in Wales?

Damn.

[jdc]

Oooo, tracked it down - how can I upload images?

It's this to link to an image hosted elsewhere:

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 [img]https://scrutable.science/download/file.php?id=1002[/img]

And if you want to upload from yer computer it's the "attachments" tab down there under the post you're writing. (Click "add files" or drag and drop from yer folder, then click "place inline".)

[FlammableFlower]

Like this?

Llama.png (263.12 KiB) Viewed 2985 times

Llama detail.png (28.37 KiB) Viewed 2985 times

It had me amused anyway - was looking for methods of surface modification of fluorescent nanoparticles and found a surprised llama.

[FlammableFlower]

And thanks jdc - had never gotten to look at the options below...