Alpaca portrait (Vicugna pacos) by buttonpresser
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Alpaca close up (Vicugna pacos)

The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in superficial appearance. Alpacas are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of Ecuador, southern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Chile
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca

FEATURED April 2010 in Animal Photography

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As a child my plane crashed in the Himalayas & I was raised by an advanced civilisation that taught me photography, ESP & precognition, no, wait that was the Champions wasn’t it?

Ah well, 50 & getting more muddled by the day.

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vicugna pacos, portrait, head, alpaca, camelid, close up

Comments

  • Shoaib .
    Shoaib .about 2 years ago

    haha cute one

  • buttonpresser
    buttonpresserabout 2 years ago

    Cheers,

    Dave

  • Ruth Lambert
    Ruth Lambertabout 2 years ago

    Great shot!!! Nicely done!!

  • Thanks Ruth,

    Dave

    – buttonpresser

  • CeePhotoArt
    CeePhotoArtabout 2 years ago

    Wonderful capture. I so adore alpacas!!! :D

  • Thanks Cee,

    Dave

    – buttonpresser

  • Ruth Lambert
    Ruth Lambertabout 2 years ago

  • Thanks again Ruth,

    Dave

    – buttonpresser

  • trueblvr
    trueblvrabout 2 years ago

    their just so cute…..I cant help but want one….just gotta talk Geo. into it….

  • LOL,

    Best of luck with tha one.

    Dave

    – buttonpresser

  • saltbushbill
    saltbushbillover 1 year ago

    Congratulations, this picture has been voted in a top-ten place in the " Alpaca and Llama Portraits challenge ":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/random-photogr... and being actually one of the top ten runner-ups, it will also be featured on the group overview page

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    Please don’t forget to enter this image in our December Avatar challenge.