Alpaca: what is this creature?

When visiting the zoo, in the Department moolanomy (or camel) we can see the unusual living creature similar to a llama. Who is it? Alpaca. What animal is it? It can be found in the highland pastures in South America (in Peru). Quite large, weighing up to 70 kg animal, having a slender body, gracefully curving long neck and thick, like a fleece of sheep, wool — all this Alpaca. What is this creature? It belongs to the family Camelids and is a relative of the llama and a descendant of the vicuña. Has a calm, even gentle temper, people get nervous, but very curious.

Alpaca has amazing adaptability to harsh environmental conditions. It can live and breed on the high mountain pastures, where the difference between night and day temperatures is 30 ^OC, where high intensity radiation of the sun and the dank cold of the wind. This is the Alpaca. What kind of animal, where and the conditions in which it lives, we understand. Interesting fact: it refers to agriculture, although mostly semi-wild state and are driven into the likeness of the stall only for haircuts. It is easy to guess that divorce his people (by the way, more than six thousand years) because of the wool. It is her unique qualities give the alpacas to survive in such harsh conditions.

What are the positive properties of wool?

• Lightweight, thin but durable, very dense, water-repellent.
• Has a “shape memory”.
• Fiber hard, long, straight.
• The structure of the hair of wool is such that its surface is smooth, in contrast to sheep, due to this clothing from Alpaca so comfortable.
• Can have more than 20 natural shades, does not require staining. This fleece is white, silver, light brown, chestnut, black and intermediate variations.
• Effectively insulates from both cold and heat.

And practically covered with oily grease Alpaca. What does it mean? This property explains why it's so light and is non allergic, does not roll and does not fall down, little susceptible to contamination. Two kinds of alpacas that exist in nature differ in the character of wool. One of them is long, and the second — short and reminiscent of a plush. The younger the animal, the thinner and softer his hair. In its thickness there are four categories of the fleece.

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Yarn of Alpaca wool is expensive, but it can be understood. Its unique properties, it is superior to sheep in all respects, and clipping is just under 5 kg per year from one individual.

Special — Alpaca. The photo presented here demonstrates the incredible grace of these semi-wild creatures.

Now there is no doubt that the list of agricultural public benefit animals is not exhausted by the list: cow, horse, dog, chicken and other… Next to the person successfully, there are other types of living beings — manufacturers of various products, for example, the animal Alpaca. From his wool to produce yarn from which knit clothing hand or machine methods. Also can be made from fleece blankets, carpets, decorative items for the home.