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The Alpaca
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to success of the alpaca, which despite domestication survives in some of the world’s harshest mountainous areas
Alpacas may have been domesticated for thousands of years but their native lands are the steep hostile mountains of South America where they continue to thrive far from the modern luxuries of animal husbandry. Prof Ben Garrod and Dr Jess French delve deep inside this hardy herbivore to unravel the anatomy and physiology that’s secured the success of this extraordinary member of the camelid family of camels, llamas and vicugna
Producer Adrian Washbourne
Last on
Mon 24 Oct 202221:00
BBC Radio 4
Broadcasts
- Tue 18 Oct 202211:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 24 Oct 202221:00BBC Radio 4
