Ok, I take that back doing 1223 in a year would buy one. Pet quaility that are just cute and eat your grass start around $1500. Ive heard a stud with excellent blood lines went thru auction at $75,000. That crazy if you ask me!

No you cant ride them and no they don't bark. They humm if they feel threatened. They don't spit like lamas either. They spit on each other but rarely on people. They are extremely friendly and courious. My 2 year old walks all around them in the pasture and they don't even acknowledge her.

The wool is called fiber and it is sold by the ounce unlike wool that is sold by the pound.

And yes they sunburn. My mom buts baby suncreen on the fair colored ones.

They are also all DNA tested and are registered at UC Berkely or UC Davis one of them. They also have micro chips in them for who knows what.

Anyway, back to work!

TOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!! One of the reasons I keep coming back for more.

Are you sure those aren't long-necked standard poodles??

Auburns alpaca pic looks like George Bush.LOL!

More like a long necked goat

Amplet,

Let us know how it tastes ok? Alpaca... the other white meat!

I would think it would taste like llama.. not that I've tasted llama!

Auburn, that is an amazing picture! Thanks for sharing that!

Here in PA, I'm not far from Amish country, and they raise both alpaca and llamas out there in the hinterlands. There is a HUGE difference between the two animals. Alpaca are relatively small, extremely docile, kept in moderate size herds and used strictly for fur. I have never heard of an alpaca killed for meat. Too valuable for that.

But llamas are a different story altogether. They are usually not herded, but single llamas will be mixed in with a herd of cows (or alpaca., or horses). They are MUCH larger than alpacas, and FAR more aggressive. The reason they are placed with other animals is that they are so aggressive that they will hunt down and stomp to death any other predator such as a dog or a fox or a cat. So they protect the herd. A friend of mine almost lost his dog (a chocolate lab - not a small dog) to a llama one time. They are incredibly nasty and ill-tempered. Worse than bulls, even.

Now, to keep this on topic, which BPO company or asset manager or mortgage company reminds you of an alpaca, and which reminds you of a llama? (ha-ha) Any takers on that?

Pro-teck's qc people are llama's and CC is an alpaca.

In south america they do eat alpaca, but they have so many of them their not as valuable. yuck!

Alpacas are so sociable you have to have 2 or more or they will die of lonelieness. How sad.