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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]
They are taller than alpacas and the average llama can weigh anywhere from 200 to 300 lbs. If you're looking for confidence, llamas are brave and fearless. While alpacas tend to be more shy and ...
A picture of a huacaya alpaca. A drawing of a Huacaya alpaca. The Huacaya alpaca is one of two breeds of alpaca, [3] the other breed being the Suri alpaca. [4] Both breeds were first domesticated by the Incas thousands of years ago from a wild species of camelid, the vicuña.
The children's song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" describes a farmer named MacDonald and the various animals he keeps, celebrating the noises they each make. [104] Many urban children experience animal husbandry for the first time at a petting farm; in Britain, some five million people a year visit a farm of some kind.
Expeditions can last from as little as a few hours to several days. For longer trips the llamas often carry up to three days trekking supplies or cargo in purpose-built pack saddles so the people with them can carry as little as a day backpack. [1] Treks are also offered, accompanied by the closely related alpaca. [2]
Alpacas come in 22 natural colors, with more than 300 shades from a true black through brown-blacks, browns, fawns, white, silver-greys, and rose-greys. There are even more colors. [ 2 ] However, white is predominant, [ 2 ] because of selective breeding : the white fiber can be dyed in the largest ranges of colors.
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