The price of raw alpaca fleece ranges from $1.50 to $3.50 per ounce for prime quality blanket, which is the fleece that circles the animal's torso. About 4 or 5 pounds might come off an adult alpaca.

Jason and the Argonauts’ mythic quest for the Golden Fleece took inspiration from an actual voyage sometime between 3,300 and 3,500 years ago, scientists say. Jason went from Greece to a kingdom ...