Have you ever heard the phrase ‘I’m so angry I could spit!’ ? I bet a llama owner said it first. In fact, there’s not a lot on Google about where the idiom came from, so I’ll go with my llama theory.
Llama’s seem to be notorious for spitting; it’s usually the first question I get when I tell people that I have llamas. “But don’t they spit?” Mal-tempered, misunderstood, badly handled, pushed-past-their-llimits llamas at zoos are probably responsible for this reputation. But when handled correctly, you shouldn’t be the recipient of well-aimed llama saliva.