Editing Llama (section)

==Culture==
Being an important animal and long-standing cultural icon in South America, Llamas gained in recent history cultural prominence in [[Western culture]].<ref name="Wakild 2020">{{cite web | last=Wakild | first=Emily | title=Llamas are having a moment in the US, but they've been icons in South America for millennia | website=The Conversation | date=Dec 18, 2020 | url=http://theconversation.com/llamas-are-having-a-moment-in-the-us-but-theyve-been-icons-in-south-america-for-millennia-138790 | access-date=Sep 9, 2021}}</ref>

For example, the videogame company [[Maxis]] has used Llamas extensively as elements in their games,<ref name="CNN 2000">{{cite web | title=Will Wright on creating 'The Sims' and 'SimCity' - November 30, 2000 | website=CNN | date=2000-11-30 | url=http://edition.cnn.com/chat/transcripts/2000/12/1/wright.chat/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202194423/http://edition.cnn.com/chat/transcripts/2000/12/1/wright.chat/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 February 2011 | access-date=2022-10-03}}</ref> particularly in the widely popular game series [[The Sims]], Llamas being the national symbol of the country the broader series of [[List of Sim video games|Sim]] games are set in. The online video game [[Fortnite]] uses [[piñata]] llamas as loot containers, which contain various in-game resources.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What are Loot Llamas? |url=https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/fortnite-c5719335176219/save-the-world-c5719367703579/what-are-loot-llamas-a5720280645147 |website=Epic Games}}</ref> Also the programming language [[Perl]] with its so-called [[Llama book]] has been associated with Llamas. Game developer [[Jeff Minter]] also named his company Llamasoft in honor of the animal.

In ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]],'' a 2000 animated [[Disney]] film, an [[Inca|Incan]] emperor gets turned into a llama.