
Wild Inside: The Alpaca
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How Do Alpacas Communicate?
Alpaca is a very large swollen body. digestion and the processes behind this incredible digestion is something that we'll be focusing on today. A lot of their abdominal space is given over to digesting the very fibrous, low quality food that they're eating. So it takes a lot of energy and a lot of digestion to get the goodness out of those. When we get to the respiratory anatomy you'll see it's not massively different. We've got very broad chests to allow this swinging. And despite looking like a fat little cute animal she's just built for muscle and power and and she's a very strong animal isn't she? Look at the shape of that ribcage.
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