'The magic of llamas': furry friends help stressed university students relax

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Students at UC Berkeley have an unusual way to take the edge off before final exams. The Guardian was granted exclusive access to a petting session

Final exams are approaching at one of America’s elite universities, and the atmosphere might be tense – if it weren’t for eight hairy campus visitors.

 

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May be you should also write about something very similar at Brunel University London?

Didn’t aberdeenuni do this years ago? They had big fluffy dogs and miniature ponies to walk and cuddle this year.

Nothing like being spit on by a llama to set you at ease.

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