According to statistics, more than 90% of alpacas live in the Peruvian and Chilean highlands of South America. Peru, as one of the guest countries of this expo, of course brought its own famous alpaca.
Alpaca, which has become popular on the Internet with its cute appearance, actually has many magical little secrets.
First, the alpaca is docile, the courage is a little small, mostly for the group. When everyone eats grass together, "guards" are sent to stand guard.
Second, of course, no matter how docile you are, you have a temper. One of the ways the alpaca expresses anger is by "spitting out green saliva", which is said to be able to touch up to three meters away. However, the squirted liquid is not harmful, that is, its stomach reflux.
Third, the life expectancy of alpacas is generally 20 to 30 years old, male alpacas are generally sexually mature at 2 years old, and female alpacas are generally about 1 year old.
The alpaca has three stomachs.
The heart of the alpaca is 50% larger than that of other mammals of comparable weight, the amount of red blood cells in one milliliter of blood is three times that of humans, and the blood oxygen load is extremely large, which allows it to survive in the low-oxygen environment of the plateau.
Sixth, also in order to adapt to the plateau low oxygen, large temperature difference environment, alpaca hair is more fine than wool, more resistant to cold, and is conducive to heat dissipation of hollow structure, can be described as "warm in winter and cool in summer", so it is known as "soft gold".
Author: Wang Yan Zhang Zhenxi
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