Guanacos are a wild member of the llama family. They seem to exist mainly to be eaten by pumas. Our guide had heard that pumas got 90% of guanacos; he found that hard to believe, but suspected that pumas got half of them.
Sal, a member of our group and a serious photographer (note the camera), is keeping a resepectful distance from the guanaco. Like llamas and camels, they spit.
More potential puma chow:
