Humpless camelids: the South American llama and alpaca are essential to life in the Andes

Historically, small camelids, humpless camels, have always served as valuable aids to the Andean populations. The llama and its domestic and wild cousins, the alpaca, vicuna and guanaco, provide wool and meat, and transport caravans on the Incan trails.
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Chapters
▷ 0:00:00 - Intro
▷ 0:00:37 - The importance of the llama in the rural Peruvian culture
▷ 0:12:11 - Ancestors of the llama
▷ 0:15:06 - Huacaya alpaca and Suri alpaca
▷ 0:22:21 - Alpaca farm in Havelock
▷ 0:29:47 - A possible medical breakthrough from alpaca antibodies
▷ 0:32:13 - Vicuna: a national treasure
▷ 0:40:38 - Guanaco: the protected survivor
▷ 0:49:30 - Credits
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Where do they come from? From the other America, the one to the north, like their entire family, the camelids. Mechanization, urbanization, and hunting have provoked their decline. Today, they are reclaiming their space, more and more. Travel the Americas, Peru, Chile, Canada... and France to discover the Gods of the Andes!
Original title: The Return of the Camels - Episode 3: The Gods of the Andes
A film by François Brey & Patrice Desenne
© 2015, Licenced by GAD
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Cala cala... Peru? Or Bolivia?

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WHY DOES THE LAMA HERDERS IN PERU TREAT THE LAMAS SO BAD IF THEY ARE SO DEPENDENT ON THEM WHY DONT THEY TREAT THEM BETTER?!! IM SURE THERE IS BETTER DAMN WAYS OF GETTING THE LAMA WHERE U WANT IT AT FOR SHEARING THAN DRAGGING IT BY ITS HEAD And TAIL!!!!!!

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...remember this is video from OTHER perspective. The video was interesting, but yes , encouragement to be KIND to animals is your perspective and CORRECT.