Vicuna Roundup: Chasing Peru's Priceless Golden Fleece

[@kmg3673]

i love lamas and alpacas, and now i love vicunas too.Great video!

[@OurHumanPlanet]

Thank you, Marton!

[@superfluous9726]

Same. I want a baby vacuna as a pet.

[@Rosieroothefatcarp]

@@superfluous9726 no. Vicuñas are not pets. Try an alpaca instead.

[@Rosieroothefatcarp]

@@superfluous9726 however, they may be able to become less fearful if socialized correctly.

[@Boomdizzle99]

Also bought your book about your trip in the andes that started with a red line on a paper map. Loved it!!! So far ive read your book about this experience and a year in search of wa. Definitely going to pick up your book on vietnam next!!!

[@OurHumanPlanet]

What a delightful message, Manny - thank you so much! You made my day. :)

[@escobarmar]

Ejemplo de manejo sostenible de una especie animal en estado vulnerable.

[@mjremy2605]

SHEARED, not SHEERED. Please fix this typo in the text description. Very nice video. Sad to see the Vicunas so stressed out and deprived of their fur when it is snowing and hailing, but then again, they live free all year outside, no cages, and this is a good arrangement. Nice photography, loved the pan pipes!

[@pawzkeren]

what a beautiful beast

[@nurainiarsad7395]

I love how the hail drove the humans to shelter from pain but the vicuña were just like, hm what?

[@eslmhs]

The word vicuna came from Quechua. Its genus name Vicugna and species name vicugna both mean vicuna. Its species name is also a throwback to its first Latin name Camelus vicugna. Can you believe that?

[@TseeGames]

Beautiful

[@OurHumanPlanet]

Thank you so much, Tamal!

[@yurachunt3179]

any fellow colleagues from big-- i can't say it; this is too wholesome. anyone from the northern bloke what does them facts in a fiendish manner?

[@hei38cuhc]

Great Animals ♡

[@alisoncleeton877]

Where did the extra part at the beginning go??

[@OurHumanPlanet]

All of these videos are part of longer (usually 2-hour) documentary series I shot for public television. Thank you for asking!

[@alisoncleeton877]

Anytime!! 😀😀

[@choo1030]

I hope that one day we can get our hands on shahtoosh fabric from Chiru Tibetan Antelope. I heard their wool is just as supreme quality as vicuna.

[@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army]

I'm so happy to see they don't eat them.

[@belingonza318]

I expected to see these beautiful animals being slaughtered.

[@desireecafe6737]

On another documentary about 🦙 vicuna says they were once about to get extinct w/ the count of 65. Im glad they're increasing in numbers now.

[@muhammadjaved8492]

Nice

[@ceciliaque5564]

Don’t they need their wool? Like they get cold too.

[@OurHumanPlanet]

Their wool is incredibly thick and warm - under normal conditions even that thin layer is enough. If it rains shortly after they get released and their wool gets soaked and then there's a cold snap they're in trouble, so the villagers don't sheer/release them unless they know the weather will be clear.

[@joinantonius2]

Why don’t they make the clothes themselves and keep all profit in the country? That’s the part that baffles me

[@TheJzalee026]

@@joinantonius2 They don't have the resources to turn it into bolts of cloth. What's crazy is they only get around 1k for the families. A Vicuna blazer can sell for 50k.

[@quixoteification]

This is the fines of the fines

[@Rosieroothefatcarp]

Vicuñas are basically wild alpacas.

[@equinoxerr]

*Mi PAn SuUSuUMSuMMUm*

[@valeriai.8651]

Poor animals

[@superfluous9726]

It's actually healthy for them to be sheared. Apart from being scared they are fine.

[@Narekz]

@@superfluous9726 true

[@appletree8441]

But. But. But women can do everything that guys can do

[@OurHumanPlanet]

Oh hell yes! Thanks, Jason.