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About raising alpacas and alpacas for sale. Long and silky, straighter than a sheep's, this fleece is strong, small of fiber, very soft, pliable and elastic. This fleece is capable of being woven into fabrics of great beauty and comfort. , are really made of the fleece of these animals. 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. About raising alpacas and alpacas for sale.

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Since in the wild these animals required better and scarcer forage, short, tender grass and plenty of water, they frequented the most remote and lofty of the mountain pastures. About raising alpacas and alpacas for sale. 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. 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. About raising alpacas and alpacas for sale.