The vicuna, a cousin of the llama and alpaca, holds a secret: its wool is among the world's finest and most coveted. By the 1960s, the vicuna was on the brink of extinction, with populations ...
The vicuña’s social habit of pooping in the same place could help Andean ecosystems adapt as glaciers rapidly retreat due to climate change. Researchers found that communal loos for vicuñas ...
Los camélidos de altura ocupan una parte central en la economía de esa región. Una tradición ancestral que se resignifica y gana terreno en los mercados de lujo.
Additionally, its people maintain a high diversity of livestock in the form of alpaca, llama, and vicuña used for meat, wool, pack animals and tourism. These resources hold vast economic growth ...
“Future research should explore whether similar mechanisms occur in other glacial forefields across the Andes and assess the potential influence of domesticated camelids (e.g., llamas and ...
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