🦙Llama Layover
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👆 The Portland Airport has a couple of employees whose only task is to help de-stress travelers: meet Beni the llama and Captain Jack the alpaca.
The camel-adjacent cousins work at the airport every few weeks as part of the animal therapy program, helping bring a welcome distraction to stressed travelers waiting to board their next flight – just hope you don’t get spit on before you board.
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