What am I?. What Are Major Differences Between Llamas and Alpacas?
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What am I?
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What am I ?
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What Are Major Differences Between Llamas and Alpacas?
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Differences
Alpacas• 150 pounds, 3-4ft tall• Soft, luxurious fleece in a
single coat• Gentle and timid• Can learn tricks• Need protection
Llamas• 400+ pounds, 6ft tall• Coarse outer fleece, softer
inner fleece• Brave• Can carry heavy packs• Heard guards• Roughly twice as large as
alpaca but produces much less fiber
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Camelid Family - (Similarity)
• Cameidae (camelid) family includes camels, llamas, alpacas, vincunas and guanacos (S.A)
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About Camelids
• Large Animals • Slender Necks• Long Legs• Herbivores • Not a True Ruminant (canine teeth and tusk like
premolars)• Legs are attached to body at the top of the thigh
only (why they rest on their knees with legs under boy)
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Camelid feet lack functional hooves, instead have two toed feet in a soft footpad
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Llama Reproduction
• Unusual reproduction: induced ovulators (when they mate the female releases an egg is usually fertilized on first attempt) (no estrus)
• Males reach sexual maturity at 3 years of age, females at 1 year of age
• Mate in kush position (lying down) for 20-45 minutes • Gestation = 350 days• Do not lick off newborn (tongue cant reach) instead
nuzzle newborn and hum. • Give birth standing
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Llamas
• Young are called Cria (up and walking within a hour of birth)
• Live 20-30 years• Social Animals/Herding – easily trained– Spitting uncommon when trained correctly
• Soft, lanolin-free fiber (worth more than wool)– Cleaner (less oil/grease to collect dirt)
• Are Llamas Omnivores? – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJixW2u4IvQ&featur
e=fvwrel
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Alpaca
• Herds • Very common in Andes Mountains of South America• Bred for fiber– Knitted and woven items such as blankets, sweaters, hats,
gloves, etc. – 52+ natural colors of fiber in Peru, 16 natural colors in US
• Adult Male is 39 inches at the withers (how many hands is this?)
• Not all spit, but all can, usually at other alpacas
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Alpaca
• Common dung pile – decreases parasites – Can be house trained
• Make a variety of sounds when scared such as a whine or click
• Also induced ovulators – Females mature 1-2 years of age– Males mature 1-3 years of age– Gestation is 345 days, twins rare, cria = young
• Three chamber stomach (many plants are poisonous to alpaca)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA-4M-xIGEs
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http://www.meetmeatthecorner.org/episode/a-kids-introduction-to-llamas