Pics of newborn alpaca and mum at West Lothian park will melt your heart!
dailyrecord.co.ukA newborn alpaca at Almond Valley Heritage Centre can be seen walking about just an hour after being born in adorable photographs.The unnamed baby alpaca — known as a cria — was born at 12.20pm on Tuesday afternoon to first-time mum Storm.
Almond Valley is set to run a competition to name the little one.Amazingly, the silver-coloured young male was up and about by 1.20pm.
He is expected to be running round the paddock, where there are six others, by the end of the week.More newborns are predicted for later in the year at the site, where Storm herself was born two-and-a-half years ago.Farm manager Craig Holmes, 35, said: “We normally leave it a few days to announce it but the baby was up on his feet and seemed strong.
He is Storm’s first baby, she was also born here.“It is quite a complicated process, they are normally pregnant for 11 months.
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