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04-JUN-2005

DSC_3303.JPG

By way of addressing the visitor's question below, which was "What the pooh is that orange thing?", this creature is an alpaca.
So what's an alcaca?
From Wikipedia:
The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is one of two domesticated breeds of South American camel-like ungulates, derived from the wild guanaco. It resembles a sheep in appearance, but is larger in size, and has a long erect neck with a handsome head.
Alpacas are kept in large flocks that graze on the level heights of the Andes of southern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Chile at an altitude of between 3500 and 5000 meters above sea-level, throughout the year. They are not used as beasts of burden like llamas, but are valued only for their fiber, of which Indian blankets and ponchos are made. The alpaca comes in 22 natural colours. In stature, the alpaca is considerably inferior to the llama, but has the same unpleasant habit of spitting.
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Me, I just thought that this was an incredibly cute creature, almost Dr. Seuss-like. Love them nose hairs.

Eric/Cerumen

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Yves Rubin25-Aug-2006 02:16
Really cool! What a cute portrait!
JW09-Mar-2006 16:56
Cool shot...