New Zealand alpaca makes Guinness Book of World Records
by editors@theworld.org (Gina Kaufmann) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6Z3K7)
An alpaca by the name of Hawthornden Wainui has just been recognized as the oldest living alpaca in captivity. He's 27 years old; alpacas typically live 15 to 20 years. So, this fellow is quite elderly. As Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain, the farmer who's raised him has a theory about the key to the animal's remarkable longevity.