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5 unusual facts about alpaca


Alpaca

The preparing, carding, spinning, weaving and finishing process of alpaca is very similar to the process used for wool.

In common with similar livestock, others include: acorns, African rue, agave, amaryllis, autumn crocus, bear grass, broom snakeweed, buckwheat, ragweed, buttercups, calla lily, orange tree foliage, carnations, castor beans, and many others.

Green World Ecological Farm

Pelicans, Macaws, Toucans, Alpacas, and Sloths are some of the most popular animals at Green World.

Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec

Agricultural: bovine and crops mainly maize, oil seed rape and sunflowers, diversification into raising of Alpaca s, for wool and breeding

Titus Salt

In 1836, Salt came upon some bales of Alpaca wool in a warehouse in Liverpool and, after taking some samples away to experiment, came back and bought the consignment.


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Beatriz Canedo Patiño

Beatriz Canedo Patiño is Bolivian fashion designer, Beatriz Canedo specializes in Alpaca-based coats and suits.

Capel, Western Australia

In recent times, Capel has become popular for hobby farms, and a number of innovative agricultural pursuits have been introduced, including alpacas, viticulture, aquaculture and growing of blue gums.

Huasco

The port was used between 1851 and 1873 to ship copper ore, copper regulus, alpaca wool and hides round Cape Horn to Swansea, Glamorgan and Wales.


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