A multi-purpose cameloid, locals love them as pack animals with the perk of harvesting a coarser, weaker wool with lots of kemp. Not a high Andes specialist, llamas have begun to spread to the mountains of the United States. Bactrian Camel Softer, lighter in weight, warmer, more fragile, and more water repellent than sheep wool, the two-humped camel's hair is usually blended with wool for strength. Never wrinkles but does pill. Beard hair becomes rugs and paint brushes.
Soft undercoat becomes clothing.
The coarser hairs are blended with wool to become poor man's cashmere. Rarely shorn, the wool is gathered during shedding season. Camel coats can be all sheep wool with camel- colored fibers. They must be killed to be fleeced. Populations dropped from 400,000 to 15,000 before Peru protected them.