Humpless camelids: the South American llama and alpaca are essential to life in the Andes

Historically, small camelids, humpless camels, have always served as valuable aids to the Andean populations. The llama and its domestic and wild cousins, the alpaca, vicuna and guanaco, provide wool and meat, and transport caravans on the Incan trails. ------- Chapters ▷ 0:00:00 - Intro ▷ 0:00:37 - The importance of the llama in the rural Peruvian culture ▷ 0:12:11 - Ancestors of the llama ▷ 0:15:06 - Huacaya alpaca and Suri alpaca ▷ 0:22:21 - Alpaca farm in Havelock ▷ 0:29:47 - A possible medical breakthrough from alpaca antibodies ▷ 0:32:13 - Vicuna: a national treasure ▷ 0:40:38 - Guanaco: the protected survivor ▷ 0:49:30 - Credits #wildlife #camel #peru #canada #chile #llamas #nature #environment #documentary ------- Watch the full series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0K7DAfzzRcvrYFwG-qQ7f-g2qCk0Q1G2 Subscribe to wocomoWILDLIFE: https://goo.gl/L5puvQ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo ------- Where do they come from? From the other America, the one to the north, like their entire family, the camelids. Mechanization, urbanization, and hunting have provoked their decline. Today, they are reclaiming their space, more and more. Travel the Americas, Peru, Chile, Canada... and France to discover the Gods of the Andes! Original title: The Return of the Camels - Episode 3: The Gods of the Andes A film by François Brey & Patrice Desenne © 2015, Licenced by GAD ------- Videos about animals, aquatic life and nature: wocomoWILDLIFE offers high-quality entertainment. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoHUMANITY: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomoHUMANITY ▷ wocomoDOCS: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomodocs ▷ wocomoHISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomoHISTORY ▷ wocomoTRAVEL: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomoTRAVEL ▷ wocomoCOOK: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomocook WocomoWILDLIFE is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.