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The Alpaca
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to the 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
On radio
Tue 18 Aug 2026
23:00
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