Alpacas of America

Today we visited the Alpacas of America Ranch http://www.alpaca1.com/service/our_ranch.asp Alpacas live mostly in South America high up in the mountains. They resemble a small llama, although I guess their temperment is much more pleasant. They are smaller than a llama and are so much cuter. They are two different breeds of alpacas, the first two pictures show the Huacayas which have fiber more like a bear. The last picture is of a Suris breed which has fiber that is more like dreadlocks. The fiber is similar to sheeps wool, although it is warmer, not so prickly and bears no lanolin which makes it hypoallergenic.