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A fluffy brown alpaca nose in close-up

Alpaca checkup

Drove down into the valley today to check up on the alpacas and the cheeky moo.

Found the Abigail Moo did kick the disconnected water trough further around. But the alpacas were sweet and nosy and followed me. Whiskey came so close that she almost touched the camera.

  • Brown alpaca getting close to the camera
  • Brown alpaca getting closer to the camera
  • A fluffy brown alpaca nose in close-up
  • An alpaca eye - that's how close the alpca is
  • A herd of alpacas in a paddock
  • Big black cow with horns pushing around on a green plastic square water trough

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