These female alpacas called hembres, and malescalled machos are competing to become the supreme champion of this year's royal hobart show. Some attracting attention for the right reasons like motchy. “Shes a ukaya alpaca a female and she's just not only won her colour class but she's also become champion for her age group.” Others for the wrong reasons like this macho caught paying too much attention to the hembres. After South America, Australia has the most alpacas in the world. “The quality is good here we stand up against people on the mainland and overseas” competing alpacas are inspected from teeth to tale the judge looks for the best breeding characteristics. A task requiring hours of focus and precision “alpaca has got a unique feature in reflecting light, so it reflects light like silk does” Lee Sadler from South Australia has judged alpacas for more than 25 years their fleece says a lot about the animal's life “just like our hair skin and nails shows up when we've been under stress” Tasmanian alpacas winning fans “I think everybody should have alpaca in their lives, and I know I’m biased not saying have on in your backyard” Or just winning the best spot in front of the fan.
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00:00These female alpacas called hembres and males called machos are competing to become the
00:08supreme champion of this year's Royal Hobart Show.
00:13Some attracting attention for the right reasons, like Mochi.
00:17She's a Hukaia alpaca, a female, and she's just not only won her colour class but she's
00:24also become champion for her age group.
00:28Others for the wrong reasons, like this macho caught paying too much attention to the hembres.
00:35After South America, Australia has the most alpacas in the world.
00:39We have some very good quality animals here and we stand up against the people on the
00:45mainland and overseas.
00:48Competing alpacas are inspected from teeth to tail.
00:51The judge looks for the best breeding characteristics.
00:54While the judge considers the whole package, she'll also pay close attention to the animal's fleece.
01:00A task requiring hours of focus and precision.
01:06Alpaca has got a unique feature in reflecting light, so it reflects light like silk does.
01:11Lee Sadler from South Australia has judged alpacas for more than 25 years.
01:16Their fleece says a lot about the animal's life.
01:19It's just like our hair and nails shows up when we've been under stress.
01:24Tasmanian alpacas, winning fans.
01:27I think that everybody should have alpaca in their lives.
01:29Or just winning the best spot in front of the fan.