Alpaca Facts

• Alpaca fleece is softer than cashmere or angora and warmer and lighter than wool.
• They make a humming sound when communicating with each other, this sound is like a musical purring, alpacas make a high pitched tooting sound when in danger
• There are two types of alpacas: Huacaya and Suri alpacas. These are distinguished by their fleece. Huacaya alpacas have a dense, crimped, woolly, water resistant fleece and Suri alpacas have a fleece which grows parallel to the body in long, separate locks.
• Alpacas do not bite and they have no upper teeth, only lower ones!

FunFact

Did you know that an alpaca has three stomachs