Photographer’s Note
The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) is one of two wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which live in the high alpineous areas of the Andes. It is a relative of the llama and the alpaca. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every 3 years. When knitted together, the product of the vicuña's fur is very soft and warm. It is understood that the Inca raised vicuñas for their wool, and that it was against the law for any but royalty to wear vicuña garments.
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Copyright: Matteo Porta (mporta)
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(3352) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2008-08-21
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50, 55mm circular polarizer
- Exposure: f/5.0, 1/200 seconds
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- Photo Version: Original Version
- Travelogue: Andean Altiplan Bolivia Chile 2008
- Date Submitted: 2008-11-01 8:58
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