Strange Llama Birth

[Cecelia]

How did this happen?
http://www.sandboxfarm.com/viewanimal.php?idkey=711061

[Misty Glen]

If you're referring to the fact that the llama's colour is different to that of either of her parents, then this is because colour is controlled by both dominant and recessive genes. In other words, most of the time an offspring will get the colour of one of the parents, but occassionally they will get the colour of one of the other animals further back in their pedigree, in this case the baby llama's grandmother on it's father's side. This is reasonably rare, but does happen. It's not a bug. This is also possible with foundation animals, except you can't really predict what the recessive things are. I'm pretty sure you can only get Orbis-made recessive colours on foundation animals though.

I know I used to have a couple of foundation myths whose colours weren't anything flash, but when bred together would sometimes throw a camouflage coloured offspring (which is an endangered Orbis-made colour). I thought that was pretty cool.

[Cecelia]

Thanks Misty.I realize that that happens with real life animals but I didn't think that Orbis had that added yet.