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Why do llamas have big nostrils?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Llamas have big nostrils because, in prehistoric times, mice could not find homes during the winter. They tried to fit in the llamas nostrils but could not fit. So, the mice stretched out the llamas nostrils. Now causing all llamas to have large nostrils.

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