20 minutes: At the end of 20 minutes of visible labor, the tips of two front legs protruded.
27 minutes: Front legs and part of head protrude. Baby starts to breathe and move legs.
34 minutes: Head fully outside with part of neck. The mother gets up and walks a little distance then lies down again, and starts to bleat. This sounds acts as an audible signal to others, which become defensive. Male alpacas become aggressive.
38 minutes: The chest and then back legs are expelled. Baby fully outside. Mother is very still for about a minute. Baby breaths and twists during this period.
Within a very short period, the mother jumps up and starts to groom the baby, licking and drying the fleece. The baby moves into a cush position and strains to raise its head.
About an hour later, the baby is on four shaky feet and drinking.
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