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About alpaca farms and alpaca breeders. This fleece is capable of being woven into fabrics of great beauty and comfort. Many of the silky, fluffy, knitted garments that command the highest prices for winter wear, and which are called by various names, such as "vicu a," "camel's hair," etc. These animals, like their cousins, were probably domesticated by the early Peruvians from the wild guanaco, largest of the camels of the New World, which still exists in a wild state and is always of uniform coloration. The fleece of these animals are extremely variegated. About alpaca farms and alpaca breeders.

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In the past they were handled only when the fleece is removed, seldom saw any one except the peaceful shepherds, and were extremely shy of strangers, although not nearly as timid as its distant cousin the vicuna. About alpaca farms and alpaca breeders. Their birth weight is between 15 and 19 pounds and the babies (cria) can stand and nurse within 30 minutes to one hour after birth. They also have a very low infant mortality rate. The males produce approximately eight pounds and the females about five pounds of easily marketable fleece from their coats per year. About alpaca farms and alpaca breeders.