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Myrna Leeng
1969
Journal
117
Pampa de
Galeras, 4000 m., Dept. Ayacucho, Peru
Sept. 8
(cont.)
Of course the quality is vastly different. It does seem
that noise is made both by exhaling & inhaling,
however. Vicuñas are slender & have long necks.
They seem to be characteristically golden tan with
long white hairs hanging from their lower necks -
probably to protect their forelegs when they lie down -
I get the impression, from following a family group,
that vicuñas have fairly good eyesight. I was
upwind from them, and still, from a couple of
hundred yards away the male would be
watching me and giving the warning call. The
vocalization varies from call to call. Perhaps a faster
vocalization indicates more anxiety. The bee-having
(type) of call allows the call to reflect [illegible] the rate
of breathing, which may be proportional to the amount
of anxiety. In family groups, the most useful,
indeed, the only kind of communication is that which
[illegible] makes known the emotional state of the caller.
Our locality for this place will be 10 mi. WNW Paguis, 13000 ft.
At 3:00 pm I began setting traps. I had 25
small Sherman and 31 snap traps. I
set 27, alternating snap & live, along
the rocky cliffs nearby. When the habitat
began looking bad, I took the remaining
17 snaps + 7 live traps across the valley
to a rocky hill where Quenios trees were
[illegible] growing on one side. This area [illegible]