Guanaco Lama guanicoe

With Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus

The Macallamas (Hoplolaminae) are a group of American camelids that can be found across North and Central America, with their most unique characteristic being their horns of all shapes, numbers and sizes that adorn their necks. These are used mainly for intraspecific combat, but can be just as effectively used for defence against predators. They are not bony horns like those of bovines however, but composed entirely of keratin, the same material as their hair.

A dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) in Morocco

My needlefelt bactrian camel, Humphrey! He is the largest project I have made so far (quarter for scale). His core is felted out of a polyester stuffing and his outer layer is mostly wool - I began to run out of my sandy-beige wool and had to bring in some mystery gold fiber from a thrifted yarn (still not sure what it is...).

They're really hard to see, but I gave him little eyelashes.

Camel study