Lehigh Valley Zoo welcomes rare baby alpaca with black fleece, naming the first-ever female

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. – The Lehigh Valley Zoo has announced the birth of its first female alpaca.

The cria was born on Oct. 23, marking the third offspring for mother Illuminati and father Havoc, joining males Buzz and Tupaca and increasing the zoo’s alpaca herd to five members.

Unlike the rest of her family, the female alpaca has black fleece, according to the zoo.

Black colored alpacas are very rare and very fittingly, she was born around Halloween, zoo officials said…

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