ORIGIN
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South America (mainly Chile and Peru)
Of the camel family, the most known sort of which is the Llama,
the wild sorts are Vigogne and the Manure. Domesticated since
the Incas, the Alpaca, as all the camelidae, has the split superior
lip, small cushions as hoofs, and spits to assert its dominance.
BREEDING
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It has a surprising adaptability, it is a rustic,
docile, curious and little shy animal, it has
a very developed gregarious instinct.
The ovulation is led by the coupling up. The
gestation lasts 11 months. The offspring of the
Alpaca is called la cria, " the young who
grows ".
It feeds on grass and bushes, an overeating gives
a more thick hair.
FLEECE
Two to three kilos of hairs by animal and a year.
Natural tints go from the white to the black by
way of all the shades of gray and chestnut.
SHEARING : once a year.
Fleeces are sorted out in three or four categories
of sharpness in every color before being confided,
via the Alpalaine association, to the spinning
mill, which restores them in yarns to knit or
to weave.
ADVICE FROM BERNADETTE AND ANTOINE
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Alpacas are not pets, although
they are beautiful and sweet, they cannot live for a long time isolated
of their crowd.
Alpaca 
ADVICE FROM BERNADETTE AND ANTOINE
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