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Alpacas were domesticated thousands of years ago. The Moche people of Northern Peru often used alpaca images in their art. [6] Traditionally, alpaca were bred and raised in herds, grazing on the level meadows and escarpments of the Andes, from Ecuador and Peru to Western Bolivia and Northern Chile, typically at an altitude of 3,500 to 5,000 metres (11,000 to 16,000 feet) above sea level. [7]
The llama and alpaca were especially important in the Andean economy. Llama: the resources provided by the llama were used to the maximum. Thus, its wool was spun to transform it into clothing for the people of the sierra, as the inhabitants of the coast used the cotton to make their clothing.
Llamas and alpacas were usually pastured high up in the Andes above cultivatable land, at 4,000 meters (13,000 ft) elevation and even higher. [20] Llamas and alpacas were very important providing "wool, meat, leather, moveable wealth," and "transportation." [9] The Inca also bred and domesticated ducks and guinea pigs as a source of meat. [21]
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Giant East African (Lissachatina fulica) [198] and African land snails (L. albopicta) date uncertain East Africa: meat, shells, slime, education, pets Captive-bred 7a Mollusca: Pacific (Eptatretus stoutii) and inshore hagfishes (E. burgeri) [199] [200] date uncertain the United States, South Korea, Japan: meat, skins, slime Captive-bred 5b ...
Modern animal husbandry relies on production systems adapted to the type of land available. Subsistence farming is being superseded by intensive animal farming in the more developed parts of the world, where, for example, beef cattle are kept in high-density feedlots , and thousands of chickens may be raised in broiler houses or batteries .
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Okay everyone keep cool, a new video of a baby alpaca just dropped. The clip is seriously too adorable. It shows the newborn animal trying (and failing) to do one of its "firsts." Don't worry ...