 | Adult alpacas get to be 150-200 pounds. They stand about three feet
tall at the shoulders (withers). They can be five feet tall to the tips
of their ears. |
| Babies (crias) weigh 15-19 pounds. |
| Alpacas are gentle animals. Unlike most domestic animals, alpacas
have never been wild. Their relationship with humans extends back more
than 5,000 years. In fact, they may have been the world's first domestic
animals. |
| Yes, they spit, but only very, very rarely at humans (unless you get
caught in the cross-fire!) Most often they spit when they are jostling
for position at feeding time or when a female receives unwelcome advances
from a male. |
| Alpacas live 15-20 years. |
| Alpaca fiber is softer, stronger, and warmer than wool. Almost all
the other US supplies of this kind of luxury fiber, like cashmere, are from
foreign sources. |
