These are alpacas. They are very soft. Their hair can grow to be anywhere from 8 inches long all the way to 24 inches long. A regular ruler is 12 inches long so that would be like two rulers and that is pretty long for animal hair. To get the alpaca’s hair, people shave them with clippers like is done with sheep. I hope that the people who do this are gentle. I think that alpacas are related to llamas, like cousins.
This one got close to my face and mama said to not kiss the alpaca. She thought it might touch me with its teeth. It did get pretty close to my mouth… but I think this was because I had been eating popcorn!
When one alpaca thinks you might have food, all the alpacas come toward you. I think alpacas look a little bit like poodles.
