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Miragedriver said:

An alpaca pokes his head out from the passenger seat of a car in a traffic jam in Changchun, China. The five-year-old camelid has been hired by a bar in the town in the hope he'll attract more customers.

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Equation said:

That should be able to attract the traffic police as well.

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vesicles said:

An alpaca is pretty big (tall and skinny). I wonder how they even got it into the front seat of a sedan/mini-SUV...

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Equation said:

Probably a baby size one.

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vesicles said:

Its head looks like it's a mature adult though. Can we own an alpaca in the city in Texas? I know that would not be a problem on a farm, but can we have one in Houston?

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Danish Queen Margrethe II (R) review the guard of honor at the welcoming ceremony before their talks in Beijing, capital of China, April 24, 2014.(Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

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Photo taken with a cellphone on April 25, 2014 shows a military helicopter crashing into a residential builiding in Taoyuan County, southeast China's Taiwan. The crash injuring two pilots on board, fire fighters said. The county's fire control authority said they received the report of the crash at 10:05 a.m. on April 25. No explosion or fire occurred, they said. The two injured pilots have been rushed to the hospital and are in stable condition. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaoyong)

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Farmers place mulch around ginger seedlings in Xiazhuang village of Funing county, north China's Hebei Province, April 24, 2014. Spring sowing in the province is estimated to cover 47.31 million mu (3.15 million hectares) in 2014. (Xinhua/Yang Shirao)

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A model shows a Canon camera during the 17th China International Photograph & Electrical Imaging Machinery and Technology Fair in Beijing,capital of China, April 25, 2014. The fair kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhao Bing)

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Visitors try Canon lenses during the 17th China International Photograph &Electrical Imaging Machinery and Technology Fair in Beijing,capital of China, April 25, 2014. The fair kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhao Bing)

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An anti-terrorism drill is held in Beijing, capital of China, April 25, 2014. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)

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Visitors talk in front of a board displaying high-definition monitors during Public Securtiy Exposition North-East China 2014 in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 23, 2014. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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A girl smiles while looking at toys during the 16th Beijing International Kindergarten Supplies & Auxiliary Equipment Exhibition, in Beijing, capital of China, April 24, 2014. Some 200 enterprises from more than 20 countries and regions took part in the exhibition, which kicked off here Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhao Bing)

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Batik inheritor Wang Yao makes batik at his workshop in Fenghuang County, central China's Hunan Province, April 24, 2014. Batik artisan Wang Yao has engaged in batik technique for 27 years and he has been innovating designs and colors in his works. His efforts earn him the title of batik inheritor of Fenghuang County in 2013. But the inheritor is now worried about the future of the craftsmanship as the unprofitable technique attracts few young people. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

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A performer dances during the opening ceremony of the International Horticultural Expo in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 25, 2014. The 2014 Qingdao International Horticultural Expo will last 184 days until October. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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Firefighters try to extinguish fire at the site of a flash explosion on three light crude tanks at the refinery plant of Shaanxi Yancheng Petroleum Group in Yan'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 26, 2014. The incident occurred at 1:48 a.m. on April 26, burning three people at the refinery. Rescuers rushed to fight the fire and send the injured people to a local hospital. As of 6 a.m., rescuers have put the fire under control and set up five intercept dams at upper reaches of the nearby Luohe River to prevent the pollution risks. Local government authorities have relocated 300 residents in the nearby village. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

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Judith Heumann, special advisor for International Disability Rights of the U.S. Department of State, talks with children at the Guangzhou Library in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, April 25, 2014. Judith will discuss and share her experience with Chinese citizens during her stay here. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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Soldiers of Harbin Forest Team of People's Armed Police have breakfast during a four-day drill in Yagou Valley in Acheng, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 24, 2014. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

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A farmer shows a basket of honeysuckle in Xuanwei City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 25, 2014. The city has opened up 80,000 mu (5,333 hectares) of land for planting honeysuckle, a traditional Chinese herb, attracting 11,000 families to take part in the planting. In 2013, the honeysuckle planting brought 150 million yuan (23.985 million US dollars) of revenues to local farmers. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)

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Farmers pick up honeysuckle in Xuanwei City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 25, 2014. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)

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A child holding an umbrella walks on a flooded road in Shuncheng County, southeast China's Fujian Province, April 26, 2014. A torrential rainfall lingering from April 23 to 26 made water level of Futun Brook, an anabranch of the Minjiang River, surpassed its warning line. (Xinhua/Chen Baicai)

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A man cleans his car which was immersed by water during a rainstorm in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 26, 2014. A rainstorm lashed the city at night of April 25 and local meteorological bureau has issued a red alert for rainstorm. (Xinhua)

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A sanitation worker carries a woman on the back as they walk through a railway culvert in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 26, 2014. A rainstorm lashed the city at night of April 25 and local meteorological bureau has issued a red alert for rainstorm. (Xinhua)

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Visitors gather to watch motorcars during the ongoing Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 25, 2014. (Xinhua/Li Mingfang)

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Workers fix cables of a 300,000 tonner Panamanian supertanker on Qinglanshan wharf in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, April 25, 2014. The berth of the 300,000 tonner supertanker on Friday marked the open of Qinglanshan wharf, which is the first 300,000 tonner wharf in Fujian Province. The 455-meter long, 40-meter wide Qinglanshan wharf, locating in Maizhou Bay of Fujian Province, is among the wharfs for the largest ships in China. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)

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People have a dinner at a "cattle feast" in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, April 26, 2014. The cattle feast, which was made with beef by 100 chefs, was put on 138 dining tables with a length of 450 meters. The feast was a part of 2014 Hangzhou Gongshu Canal Food Festival. (Xinhua/Shi Jianxue)

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A model presents a creation designed by graduates from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute during the 2014 China Graduate Fashion Week in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2014. (Xinhua/Li Mingfang)

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Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Wu Chuntai (C) offers prayers in Hindu rituals to a newly arrived China-made air carrier, a 58-seater Modern Ark 60 (MA60), at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 27, 2014. The long wait of Nepal government to receive the first China-made air carrier has been over Sunday afternoon with the landing of MA60 at Tribhuvan International Airport. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)

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