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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.
(video) An alpaca chewing. Alpacas chew their food which ends up being mixed with their cud and saliva and then they swallow it. Alpacas usually eat 1.5% of their body weight daily for normal growth. [36] They mainly need pasture grass, hay, or silage. Still, some may also need supplemental energy and protein foods, and they will also usually ...
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]
A mother who swapped city life for a rural farm now forages food, has homegrown supplies to last six months and paid for her mortgage by selling alpaca poo. Karee Upendo, 35, and her husband ...
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The llama and alpaca are only known in the domestic state, and are variable in size and color, being often white, black, or piebald. The wild guanaco and vicuña are of a nearly uniform light-brown color, passing into white below. The vicuña and guanaco share an obvious family resemblance and may be difficult to tell apart at a distance.
A food pyramid and a corresponding food web, demonstrating some of the simpler patterns in a food web. A graphic representation of energy transfer between trophic layers in an ecosystem. Energy flow is the flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem . [ 1 ]
We get it little alpaca, being upright is hard for us too. Related: Baby Alpaca's Sweet Little Noises Have Us Totally Captivated "Sherbet Lemon learning how to move around and sit up," the caption ...