THANKS to Catherine Thieffrey, we now know a little more about the love life of llamas.
Bouncer and Molly, she explained, could go nowhere during the foot and mouth crisis, and clearly grew close.
Consequently, their Helmsley hideaway could soon reverberate to the patter of tiny hooves.
With nothing to do except stand around in a field for 12 months, it is hardly surprising that Bouncer and Molly started chewing the cud together.
Their happy event, conceived in exile, prompts a thought: could we also expect a baby boom among North Yorkshire farming families?
Updated: 11:12 Thursday, February 21, 2002
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