Vicuna Roundup In Bolivia's High Plains Brings Villagers Together For Biennial Shearing (PHOTOS)

UCHA UCHA, Bolivia -- UCHA UCHA, Bolivia (AP) -- The roar of about 70 motorcycles shatters the quiet of the wind-swept Andean plain as Aymara villagers conduct a frenetic chase to round up wild vicunas for shearing. The residents of Ucha Ucha used to form giant human cordons to corner the animals and harvest their fine fur, which produces one of the world's most expensive wools. But motorcycles are ideal on the flat, treeless landscape of Bolivia's altiplano. Unprocessed wool from the vicuna, th...