Saturday, October 27, 2007

Alpaca



A few days ago I received an alpaca scarf from Peru as a present.
It is soft and very warm.

Checking out the internet, I found the alpaca is a South American relative of the camel!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca

It turns out that a few years ago some Norwegians imported alpacas for breeding purposes.
http://www.alpacasofnorway.no/pub/kat.php?id=19&lang=eng

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