Me wearing a farm hat and a bright orange hoody, standing right next to a big fuzzy brownish llama with buck teeth, trying to cut some of the matted hair off his sides. We're inside a large open barn.

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   Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 02:25:24 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

   It's perhaps the ugliest haircut ever, but I managed to shear my llama over the weekend!

   At first I tried to get him into a small pen, but he knew it was a trap. So I just started cutting (with hand shears). He tolerated it for about a minute at a time, then he'd walk away, and I'd give him a little break, then start cutting again.

   I got close to 10 pounds of (really dirty) wool, and now he looks like he's carved out of mattress foam. So weird. Hopefully he'll be cooler for the summer now!