tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477143217798290108.post902296086587312626..comments2023-04-12T16:53:18.734+09:30Comments on Alpaca Chatter: Vicugna or Lama?Perry Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758771655332772701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477143217798290108.post-8689581063500656842010-02-18T23:10:16.495+10:302010-02-18T23:10:16.495+10:30Lovely pics of vics at http://www.alpacas.com/Gall...Lovely pics of vics at http://www.alpacas.com/Gallery/Thumbnails.aspx?galleryID=8Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983694249818219355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477143217798290108.post-39318993410829278502010-02-18T23:05:00.879+10:302010-02-18T23:05:00.879+10:30I'm a vicugna pacos owner too. I have read a l...I'm a vicugna pacos owner too. I have read a little about it but I decided in the first two seconds that they were domesticated vicugnas! They just look right. I adore vicugnas too. I'd so love to see them in the wild. I have a beautiful water colour of them on the altiplano by a Peruvian artist, given to me for my 40th.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983694249818219355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477143217798290108.post-71007628010056763632010-02-17T19:33:29.036+10:302010-02-17T19:33:29.036+10:30Our son bought Flossy. She came from a black backg...Our son bought Flossy. She came from a black background,parents,grandparents and great-grand parents.<br /><br />SarahPerry Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758771655332772701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477143217798290108.post-32195950361341250842010-02-17T06:35:17.232+10:302010-02-17T06:35:17.232+10:30WOW....how special is Flossy, how is she bred....w...WOW....how special is Flossy, how is she bred....with your own alpacas...and does she look like any of her parents !...she is very different...and just goes to show...how those genetics....are still very dominant...fantastic......JayneZanzibah Alpacashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13198696629026363359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477143217798290108.post-55575446970153660002010-02-16T18:56:22.929+10:302010-02-16T18:56:22.929+10:30We have never had any doubts as to where the alpac...We have never had any doubts as to where the alpaca comes from, the Vicugna. The confusion surrounding the latin name seemed a little odd.<br />What still baffles me, though, is how the best fiber of the Vicugna is the chest hairs. If an alpaca have anything that looks the same (lots of guard hairs) its something to be considered negative.<br />When/how did the best fiber "move"?<br /><br />We have a Vicugna-looking alpaca for sale, named Phoebe. She wouldn't win a show, but is a great mother, have great genes, and should get some points for looking a little like her ancestors :-)Knapper Alpakkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09779631067649924851noreply@blogger.com