And this is one someone else made earlier. Meet Mario. A more inquisitive alpaca you not will meet (or something like that). I met him at Ashdown Forest Llama Park. This was my first encounter with an alpaca and I realised on that day that they would be part of my future.  Kudos to Mario!

Alpacas 1 – 0 sheep

Did you know that alpacas give birth during daylight hours? This is because up in the high lands in Peru, a baby (crea is, I believe, the technical term) born at night would either:

1. fall off a cliff or
2. freeze to death

Alpacas don’t lick their newborn babies and so the crea needs the sunlight to dry them off.

So, for the lifestyle farmer who would rather get a decent nights’ sleep: alpacas 1 – 0 sheep.

Posted by Anthony.