No. I might be the only person in the world who doesn’t think Alpacas are cuter than Llamas. Everything about them just screams adorable at me- their ears, their expression, their whole posture. I just love their personalities. Llamas would always have their hands on their hips if they were human. I like a little sass in my critters. (Males can have a little more sass than I think I could handle.)
“Alpacas are cuter than Llamas”
Obviously, those Peruvians didn’t think so either...
Both are found in the rural area I live in, some of the neighbors on this and the next road have one or two watch Llamas as pets-they are great guard animals for livestock and property, just like donkeys are-and like a donkey, they will run down, bite and kick an intruder or a predator-to death, if they can.
I don’t think the Alpacas are cuter-they are just smaller-they are just as bad tempered and dangerous-especially when someone tries to get them on a shearing table-but they aren’t as badass and brave as the Llamas...
The Alpacas are kept in herds on places of 20 acres or more by a few people who believed those TV infomercials about buying a bunch of them, making a fortune easily from shearing and selling their wool-not true, since there are plenty of sheep and Angora goats around here-cheaper, better temperament, smaller and there has been an established wool market for them for well over a century-so most of the Alpaca owners are stuck with a bunch of bad tempered animals whose wool isn’t all that profitable-if I were going to have a pet like that, I’d get a Llama...