These charming creatures primarily inhabit the high-altitude regions of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, thriving in elevations exceeding 12,000 feet on the Andean plateau (via Britannica).

Unearthly landscapes litter Bolivia's Andean plateau several thousand feet above most of the rest of the world. With rose-hued lakes, jagged mountain ranges, and sky-mirroring salt flats ...

The world's largest known lithium deposit exists within a vast salt pan called the Salar de Uyuni, which stretches for thousands of square miles atop a high, dry Andean plateau in Bolivia.

The world's largest known lithium deposit exists within a vast salt pan called the Salar de Uyuni, which stretches for thousands of square miles atop a high, dry Andean plateau in Bolivia.