Wild Inside: The Alpaca

Discovery

BBC

Science

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Alpacas may have been domesticated for thousands of years but their native lands are the steep hostile mountains of South America where they continue to thrive far from the modern luxuries of animal husbandry. Prof Ben Garrod and Dr Jess French delve deep inside this hardy herbivore to unravel the anatomy and physiology that’s secured the success of this extraordinary member of the camelid family of camels, llamas and vicugna.

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