Alpaca Spotlight: Rio



Rio, our light fawn alpaca, thinks he is the tough guy of the barn, but his fiber tells the true story – he is just a big softy. His fleece is light creamy beige.


He has a very expressive face, and is particularly good at grumpy faces:



He also has a good sense of humor. Here he is doing his best impression of Kilroy:


He's not super fond of vitamin day. He's like a kid with vegetables:


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