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=THE ALPACA=

==__Growth and Development__: Alpacs are 13-17 pounds at birth weigh around 150 pounds when they are full grown. They are 5 feet tall when they are full grown but often look bigger because of there coat. Alpacas live for 15-25 years.`==

==__Reproduction__: Male alpacas mate at 1-3 years of age, female mate after they are mature enough wich is usally 12-24 months. The gestation period is around a year and the young stays with thier parentes for 6 months.==

__Respond to enviorment:__ Alpacas have padded feet becuse of there living conditions, alpacas also run fast to escape there predetors,and they are can last with not alot of water.
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=__1. Food:__ Alpacas eat good quality hay and hay alot of grass and hay. They also like apples to eat.=



__3. Water:__ Almost all the time alpacas haveowner that shear them and sell it so alpacas just get water from there owner.
==__4. Habitat__: Alpacas live in high plane they are about 12 000 feet in the air. Wich means there is little food and very thin air human would barely survive up there. Alpacas stay warm up there because of there thick fur.==

__Scientific classifaction__

 * Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Class: || Mammalia ||
 * Order: || Artiodactyla ||
 * Family: || Camelidae ||
 * Genus: || //Vicugna// ||
 * Species: || //**V. pacos**// ||

soures: [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca#Prices] [] [] [] []