The aim was to create an animal capable of higher wool production than the llama, with the size and strength of a camel and a cooperative temperament.

[5] As an adult, dromedary camels can weigh up to six times as much as a llama; as such, the hybrid needs to be produced by artificial insemination.

Insemination of a female llama with sperm from a male dromedary camel has been the only successful combination.

Inseminating a female camel with llama sperm has not produced viable offspring.

[8] Much like camels, camas are herbivores that eat shrubs and other plant matter.