Here at Scientifically Incorrect Alpaca Farms, we grow our alpacas the old-fashioned, natural way. Our free-range alpacas lay their eggs in the ground, as they have for trillions of years. Then, once the baby alpacas peek above the surface, they’re ready to be harvested. Sure, it takes longer — but it’s worth it.
OK, that’s not what’s actually happening. It seems this baby fell into a badger hole and was missing for 24 hours before farmers found and rescued it. More details at Govin’s Farm on Facebook.
Oh, poor sweet cria! I’m glad the hoomin was so gentle and careful while digging. Couldn’t tell if mom was worried or just curious.
Maybe that wasn’t mom. Maybe it was Cousin Itt.
How the heck did he get in there?
I love the little nose boop with mom once he’s free.
The farmers speculated that because alpacas love to roll around in dirt, the baby may have rolled into a hole.
And Mom really trust the guy too, she’s not freaking out that he’s taking a sharp shovel to her baby’s head.
Personally, I’d have used a trowel just to be safe.
Someone on FB said that they should name this little one Jessica/Jesse. Because (s)he fell down a hole and had to be rescued!
KAR, you may have to explain that reference for some of the younger folks! 😉
Oh the poor bebeh!!!!! I’m so glad they found it before it was too late! And one super-concerned mamapaca, too!
(Somewhere in that hole is a hungry badger who has been without food for 24 hrs because there was a alpaca cork in the front door …..)
Haha!
Nice Birdcage! That comment made me laugh so hard I couldn’t breathe!!
Me too!! And I’m at work so I can’t laugh too loudly or else colleagues would be concerned that I lost it. Wellll … the last part is true, just no need to advertise it.
“Alpaca cork” HA!! *spews yogurt* Note to self: do not snack while reading comments.
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How big is the badger?!
Oh what a worried mummy! The conversation between mummy and bebeh was sooooo cute…but it hurt my ovary.
Badgers! We don’t need no stinking badgers!
Ha!
The mother and child reunion is only a shovel away…..(apologies to Paul Simon).
Nailed it!!
All I could think at the end was “Get the baby away from the hole, you twit!”
I *was* half expecting the silly bugger to fall back into the hole.
The cooing was lovely. So glad they found it. Mom’s coat was a beautiful color.
I was thinking the same as you, Duckie. One would think the guy would’ve stood more over the hole so the wobbly bebeh wouldn’t chance falling back in. I still don’t get how a bebeh that size fell into a hole that looks kind of small.
I rewatched it, and this time heard the farmer say, as he reached in for the baby’s bum, “He’s ripe.”
NO MEELKS??? I was sure that would be the first thing that happened once the baby was out of the hole.
Wait..baby alpacas “meep”? And baby alpacas fit in badger holes?
I went to an alpaca farm a few years ago (tagging along on a “photo field trip” with some friends). There were some young ones, and then there was one smaller baby that they owners said was a surprise. They went out one day and there he was!
I don’t remember if they made any noises, though.
I got to hold and take a photo with a baby alpaca in Peru (so soft!!), but no meeping from that little bebeh.
Baby and adult alpacas (and llamas, their cousins) meep a lot. Stand in a crowd of them, and they’ll chat with each other for hours. This is why I need my own herd.
**puts on alpaca disguise and mingles with Deborah’s herd**
Maybe someday I can be a b-earth mother to a baby alpaca…
You can almost hear Mum saying “I told you OVER AND OVER AGAIN not to play near badger holes!”
I was thinking, “That stork needs to work on his golf handicap on his own time!!”
I can just imagine what the farmer is thinking when he’s on his kness, trying in vain to pull uncooperative bebeh from hole, and plants both hands by the hole and just stares silently at her/him. ?