Individuals vary, but Alpacas generally make a humming sound. Hums are often comfort noises, letting the other alpacas know they are present and content. However, humming can take on many inflections and meanings, from a high-pitched, almost desperate, squealing, "MMMM!" or frantic question, "mmMMM!" when a mother is separated from her offspring (called a "cria,") to a questioning "Mmm?" when they are curious.
Alpacas also make other sounds as well as humming. In danger, they make a high-pitched, shrieking whine. Some breeds are known to make a "wark" noise when excited, and they stand proud with their tails sticking out and their ears in a very alert position. Strange dogs — and even cats — can trigger this reaction. To signal friendly and/or submissive behavior, alpacas "cluck," or "click" a sound possibly generated by suction on the soft palate, or possibly somehow in the nasal cavity. This is often accompanied by a flipping up of the tail over the back.
When males fight they also scream, a warbling bird-like cry, presumably intended to terrify the opponent. Fighting is to determine dominance, and therefore the right to mate the females in the herd, and it is triggered by testosterone. This is why males are often kept in separate paddocks — when two dominant males get together violent fights often occur. When males must be pastured together, it is wise to trim down the large fang-like teeth used in fights, called "fighting teeth". Although alpacas may try to bite each other they only have a bottom row of teeth, so damage is usually minimal. When fighting they will often tangle others necks and attempt to push each other around, but they settle down after a week and agree to a winner and dominant male.
When alpacas breed, males make a similar noise called an "orgle". This is thought to possibly stimulate ovulation in the female. This can sound like a warbling or gargling noise in the back or the throat, possibly generated by movement of the tongue.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:48 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_England_Patriots&diff=prev&oldid=188958600
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 4 February 2008 14:53 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_England_Patriots&diff=188987512&oldid=188986248 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_England_Patriots&diff=prev&oldid=188964622 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_England_Patriots&diff=prev&oldid=188931074
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 4 February 2008 14:54 (eighteen years ago)
lolol fuck the pats
― sanskrit, Monday, 4 February 2008 17:01 (eighteen years ago)
$780 $899000 ~~~LOOK HERE! Partial Ocean Views and Coastside Lifestyle~~~ - - (little rock)
HATE THIS CRAP
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 16:28 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kitty_Genovese&diff=191269082&oldid=191267954
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 14 February 2008 15:26 (eighteen years ago)
Good grief, that's a bit fucking cold, that one.
― Pashmina, Thursday, 14 February 2008 16:10 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Willis&diff=192954807&oldid=191163740
― badg, Thursday, 21 February 2008 06:01 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Mountain_Goats&oldid=193794843
― Dom Passantino, Monday, 25 February 2008 23:03 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Raggett
lolololol
― latebloomer, Monday, 25 February 2008 23:14 (eighteen years ago)
took me a minute
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 25 February 2008 23:32 (eighteen years ago)
This 1990 version of NARC, published by Acclaim Entertainment and developed by Rare Ltd. was billed as "the first video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) with a strong anti-drug message"[1]. Despite the NES's system limitations, the game retained most of its violence and gore.
The gameplay was significantly handicapped because of the NES controller's limited number of buttons (only two buttons on the NES whereas the arcade version has four).
Despite the game's strong anti-drug message, Nintendo forced all drug references to be removed from the actual gameplay.
― latebloomer, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:15 (eighteen years ago)
didn't know where else to post that
― latebloomer, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:16 (eighteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Winners_Dont_Use_Drugs.png
― sleep, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:21 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollyoaks:_Breaking_Boundaries
lol @ 2500 word 'summary'
― sleep, Friday, 7 March 2008 19:16 (eighteen years ago)
roffle:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7291382.stm
"Mr Wales added: "I encourage anyone who is tempted to believe this story to consider the source.""
"consider the source" could equally be poinbted at jimbo?
― Pashmina, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 17:42 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momus_%28artist%29&curid=458317&diff=198296773&oldid=198009690
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 14 March 2008 23:48 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drāno&diff=next&oldid=200029201
^ vic stop editing wikipedia stoned ^
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 22 March 2008 21:14 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1649265_henfap.gif
― I know, right?, Sunday, 23 March 2008 17:33 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metamorphic_Technique&diff=147854087&oldid=116729129
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 05:27 (eighteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/PPlaquecloseup_crop.png/40px-PPlaquecloseup_crop.png This user enjoys contributing to Wikipedia without wearing clothes.
― sleep, Monday, 7 April 2008 18:22 (eighteen years ago)
:T
― sleep, Monday, 7 April 2008 18:24 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Runaway_Train_%28song%29&curid=7839949&diff=203985003&oldid=199745620
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 7 April 2008 19:11 (eighteen years ago)
I liked the version where they showed stolen bicycles.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 7 April 2008 19:29 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Black&diff=203630627&oldid=203595360
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 7 April 2008 21:02 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalking&curid=304267&diff=204085028&oldid=203720696
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 7 April 2008 22:44 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Meganstalks&diff=prev&oldid=204090239
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 7 April 2008 22:46 (eighteen years ago)
<3 Meganstalks
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 7 April 2008 22:51 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=&page=fozi
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 7 April 2008 23:17 (eighteen years ago)
lol at kiss my fat gou
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 04:20 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Tyrenius&curid=2658246&diff=204157122&oldid=203910439
he he
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 18:07 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Laimbeer%27s_Combat_Basketball&curid=3186540&diff=204469732&oldid=203893318
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 16:08 (eighteen years ago)
However, in a recent interview, Busta Rhymes stated that he does not talk to Charlie Brown and Dinco D anymore, and even went as far to call Dinco D a "Dickhead"[citation needed].
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 19 April 2008 00:13 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drāno&curid=1452425&diff=206618808&oldid=200051332
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 19 April 2008 03:12 (eighteen years ago)
fuck u
dickhead citation issued
― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 19 April 2008 03:34 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_post-industrial_music_genres_and_related_fusion_genres
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 25 April 2008 08:44 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Space_colonization&curid=706055&diff=208268832&oldid=207623003
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 27 April 2008 02:00 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Sweats
― gff, Thursday, 8 May 2008 21:52 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Men%27s_Recovery_Project&curid=5610579&diff=210762566&oldid=200441567
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 8 May 2008 23:37 (eighteen years ago)
kekeke
― AJ Styles, Friday, 9 May 2008 13:38 (eighteen years ago)
haha i didnt notice will wheaton was all over the space colonization article
― sleep, Friday, 9 May 2008 14:55 (eighteen years ago)
WHOOOA GOOD FIND
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 9 May 2008 16:11 (eighteen years ago)
oops its not him but dude has a sweet personal site http://wwheaton.com/waw/
― sleep, Friday, 9 May 2008 16:18 (eighteen years ago)
my friend br1tta was like the 70th wikipedia user or something
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 9 May 2008 16:27 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nelly
In Triva, Nelly's daughter Chanel can be heard on the intro to his song "cummin on whores boobies" on the album "Suit".
There's no such song and that reference should not be made.
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 10 May 2008 20:48 (eighteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Johnson_%28bassist%29&action=history
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― Shot on 8mm Video, Saturday, 10 May 2008 21:39 (eighteen years ago)
Tabloids in popular culture
* In Men in Black (film), K used the tabloids for know about the bug alien, and at the end of the movie, J has neuralyzed K, but he looked at a tabloid that he had a 35-years coma and he came back with his old girlfriend
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 23 June 2008 18:34 (seventeen years ago)
that's not very cute, forks
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 23 June 2008 20:53 (seventeen years ago)