By request of my lovely roommate, I have decided to write this entry on alpacas. One thing most people know about alpacas is how valuable their wool is. The soft and luxurious wool isn't the only thing that make alpacas an amazing animal and a wonderful pet. One thing that makes alpacas an easy pet to take care of is the fact that they only use the bathroom in one or two places in the fields that they live in. This makes clean up easy. They also don't have horns or sharp teeth that could hurt you. Alpacas are usually gentle, but like most animals they have their own individual personalities. They can live upwards towards twenty years and aren't too big as far as farm animals go, they only get to be about 100-200 pounds. Since they chew their cud they don't require as much acreage as larger animals such as horses, up to 10 per acre (the usual rule for horses is 1 horse per acre).
The raising of alpacas is growing in the United States. More and more alpaca farms are popping up all over the place. The Inca civilization was the first group of people to domesticate the alpaca. 99 percent of all alpacas are found in South America. When the Spanish first discovered alpacas they didn't realize their value. England was the first country after the Spanish Conquests to rediscover alpaca wool. It is stronger and last longer than sheep's wool. Alpacas make great pets because of their friendly nature and easy profit. Any farm could greatly benefit from starting to raise alpacas.





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