To see three South American small camels in the walk -in enclosure
three alpacas in the Vivarium Darmstadt zoo . The South American small camels return after around 50 years - even then they were kept in the Vivarium and also bred. Now three mares in the former, walk-in kangaroo enclosure . Two of them come from the Kleve zoo, another from a private owner.
The return of the alpacas goes back to a often expressed wish of children who regularly with the association for cancer and chronically ill children. V. Darmstadt visit the zoo.
bred from Vikunja around 6,000 years ago and were highly valued at the Incas - a coat of alpaca wool was considered a sign of prosperity. Today, several million of these animals worldwide live, especially in Peru, but increasingly also in Europe - often in private attitude.
, wild form (vicunja) and pet shape (Alpaka) can now be compared directly.
(Darmstadt - Red/PSD/DK)
