Animals Make Corporate Zoom Calls Bearable, if You Don’t Mind the Spit - The Wall Street Journal

Feb 28, 2021

Benchling had paid Sweet Farm, a 20-acre animal sanctuary, to spice up the virtual gathering with a video feed of animals including Paco, a 5-foot 9-inch rescue llama.

When sanctuary co-founder Nate Salpeter stood up too fast, a startled Paco retaliated by spraying him in the face with a mouthful of spit.

“It took everyone off guard, especially Nate,” said Yujia Zhao, an account executive at Benchling.