Merino wool is expensive because of the wool's grade system, production costs, and the exclusivity of the sheep. This wool is finer, has different grades and dye processes, and the sheep are only used in New Zealand and Australia.
The valuable Pashmina wool comes from the Pashmina goat, which is native to the mountainous regions of India, Nepal, and Tibet. This wool is known for its softness, warmth, and luxury quality.
Alpaca fur is more valuable than llama. Though, some llama hair is of higher quality than alpaca.
Alpacas produce fiber (wool is strictly a sheep product) that is of relatively little value when sheared off the alpaca. After it has been cleaned, carded and spun, alpaca fiber yarn is quite valuable and sells for a premium price. It is as warm as wool but doesn't have the lanolin that causes allergic reactions to wool in humans.
No, but monkeys have fur, making some species quite valuable to poachers.
steel wool is steel made from wool, so it would be neither
No, the llama is breed in parts of South America, and is a valuable source of food, wool, leather, etc.
Wool keeps you warm, even when it gets wet.
There is no average, since wool comes in so many forms.
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Wool is suitable to wear in cooler months because wool insulates, so the heat won't escape and will protect you from the cold so you will feel warmer.
The do sheep husbandry in Syria. So you could find wool in Syria.
That is a blend of two different things....cotton and wool. Cotton is a plant and wool comes from sheep, so they have to process each and then blend them.