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* also are easy critters to maintain
  - have a more luxurious wool than llamas
  - require access to plenty of fresh water to drink
* are a herd animal native to the Andes Mountains in South America
  - adaptable in almost any environment
* are also fully insurable against theft and mortality
  - only half as tall as llamas, standing about thirty-six inches at the withers
* are beautiful, intelligent, wool-producing camelids
  - serene animals that originated in the Andes Mountains of South America
  - camelids, and their cousins are llamas, vicunas, and guanacos
  - easy to care for and require little space and time
* are extremely disease resistant
  - hardy and adaptable to most climates, altitudes and conditions
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  - gentle animals and they enjoy association with people
  - grazers and like sheep, horses and cattle, and they chew their cud
  - handsome, intelligent, earth-friendly creatures that respond well to human interaction
* are hardy animals and the mortality rate is very low
  - that graze on grass and are easy on the land
  - in strong demand, but still rare outside their native South America
* are intelligent and are easy to train
  - can be trained
  - mammals
* are members of the South American camelid family
  - camelid family which also includes llamas, camels, guanacos and vicunas
  - much like diamonds
  - music and art, grace and beauty
* are native to South America and produce fleece
  - the harsh mountainous regions of the South American Andes
  - only limited in their mere numbers
  - part of the camelid family, a cousin to the llama
  - perhaps the world's gentlest creatures with a great affinity for children
  - pseudo-ruminants, with a single stomach divided into three compartments
  - quiet, gentle, intelligent, easy to handle and disease resistant
* are quite a bit smaller than llamas
  - rugged and are disease resistant
  - raised strictly for their fibre which is fine and woven into high-class clothing
  - rare in the U.S. and take a long time to reproduce
  - relatively low maintenance animals
  - reptiles
  - right in the middle of the sheep and llamas
  - ruminants and are exceptionally efficient in utulizing the nutrients in grass
* are ruminants with three stomachs and very efficiently convert hay and grass to energy
  - three-compartment stomachs
  - ruminants, that is, they chew cud like a cow
  - sheared annually, usually in the spring
  - shorn once a year
  - shy and quiet, easy to train and handle, and extremely intelligent
  - similar to small llamas
  - small and easy to handle
* are small, easy to handle, and disease resistant
  - gentle creatures with small appetites
* are smaller and daintier than llamas
  - than their llama cousins, and produce fibers used in textiles
  - susceptible to many of the intestinal parasites that affect ruminants
  - the small cousin of the llama and are a valued fiber animal
* are very efficient at utilizing fodder
  - healthy and tend to be easy keepers
  - quiet, docile animals that generally make a minimal amount of sound
  - rare in the United States
  - smart animals and are fairly easy to train
  - tolerant of their living conditions
* come from South America and have a rich history with a nearly tragic end.
* come in a broad spectrum of colors of very luxurious fiber, more than any other livestock
  - wide variety of colors
* communicate through body language and a gentle humming sound
  - soft humming noises and unique body language
  - with hums and bleats, movements of tail and ears, and varying postures
* connect well with children and adults.
* do spit, but normally just at each other.
* don t over eat but browse gently, allowing faster pasture regrowth.
* eat grass and hay, and also receive vitamin and mineral supplement pellets
  - hay supplemented with grain pellets
  - grasses and chew a cud
* go without food and water in their natural alpaca habitat, but doing so stresses an alpaca.
* have a bottom row of teeth, and an upper gum without teeth
  - high resistance and can go without food or water for days
  - passive, intelligent, curious nature
  - reproduction rate of one percent per year
  - strong market, for both well-bred animals and their excellent fiber
  - fleece and alapaca fur for yarn
  - pads instead of hooves and are gentle ruminants
  - soft padded feet, are gentle on the land and can be easily transported
  - two sets of teeth for processing food
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* look like goats that have been put out to tender and privatised.
* make a variety of sounds.
* mostly inhabit the high plains regions of Chile, Bolivia and Peru.
* originate from the Andes Mountains in Peru.
* possess a multi-chambered stomach.
* produce one of the world's finest and most luxurious fibres
  - and most luxurious natural fibers
  - their abundant and luxurious fiber in twenty-two recognized colors
* reproduce almost every year and about half of their babies are female
  - year, and about one-half of their babies are females
* require less maintenance and are easier on the terrain than horses
  - much less food than most animals of their size
* require very little additional feed besides pasture grass
  - minimal housing in most any environment
* thrive in most climates.
* typically have few birthing problems.