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Alpaca - Lassen View Alpacas specializing in black and grey alpacas.
Description
Alpacas are one of four species of South American camelids, the other three being the llama, vicuna, and guanaco. The alpaca is also related to the camel and shares some distinctive features with it, most notably the even toed, padded foot.
The alpaca was domesticated by the ancient Incans over 5,000 years ago for it's fine fleece. The fleece then was reserved only for royalty. When the Incan civilization was destroyed, the alpaca and it's keeper only survived in the remotest of Andean heights. Through a continuous selective breeding process the native keepers created one of the world's greatest natural fibers. Discovered by the western world last century, alpaca fiber now is intensely sought world wide for it's light weight warmth, silky feel, long wearing properties and exclusivity.
Alpacas are known as one of the worlds best, most productive livestock investments. Imported to the United States beginning only in the mid 1980s, there are still relatively few alpacas in North America, assuring strong prices for the foreseeable future.
