Hello dear readers! How are you? Entry to #naturephotocontest and #floraandfaunafriday. Wild Guanaco in Patagonia.

Patagonia is one of the most amazing places I've ever visited, from the vast deserted areas of the steppe to the great peaks along the Andes, everything feels so vast and wild.

I've had the opportunity to discover, not only a complete new landscape, but also the different wild especies. I've seen foxes, the patagonian Mara, King penguins, Condor and the Guanacos. I wish I had seen a Puma.

The guanaco is a camelid native to South America. Its name comes from the South American Quechua word huanaco. Young guanacos are called chulengos. Found all over the place in Patagonia, the Guanacos are a protected species and their natural predator, the Puma, is quite rare this days.

I remember when I was hitch hiking on a truck and I saw the first Guanaco, freely running on the fields.

- They are a nightmare, jumping fences and crossing the road, causing accidents - The truck driver said.

I thought "Are they a nightmare, or us humans are a nightmare? Constructing fast pace roads in the middle of their habitat.