hbdgaf!
I think alpacas also feature as a possible bitcoin animal mascot, for some other entirely different reason I'm not aware of. They are pretty chilled out animals as far as I can remember, nonchalant really. Not skittish like sheep or cows or goats. Maybe it was a colour thing?
For me the alpaca is too adjacent to the Winamp Llama. Also, Ubuntu didn't use it yet (honey badger), yet.
and yeah in case anyone forgets, the honey badger as an animal was popularised a lot in the gun/PMC/tacticool crowd. I think there has been SMGs given this moniker. Or maybe it was a carbine.