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Camels
Camels are common desert animals that were once used, and still often used, to cross deserts with. Because they can go weeks without drinking water, they are easy to take care of. All questions regarding camels are welcome here.
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Camels eat for the same reason as any other animal - to get energy to stay alive.
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A camel could stand for many concepts in the Arab culture depending on the context . While travelling for miles in the dry hot desert and drinking very little quantity of water, it symbolizes patience and tolerance, also suffering but induring . It is named the "Ship of the Desert ". Somtimes a man could be described as a camel in his feelings if he appears silent and calm from outside but from inside he is of that type of people who would not forgive or forget an insult or a mistake easily and he would wait for the right chance to burst and take revenge , keeping grudge & malice deep in the heart . There are many stories being told by Bedouins about camel shepherds who did not treat well their camels and ended up shredded between their sharp teeth or unmerciful hoofs. A camel also could refer to a Bedouin's fortune living among a tribe . His fortune depends on the number of camels he has. A mean of transportation.
What are the benefits to a camel and their adaptations?
adaptations: they walk long distances survive without water for a long time and live in hot areas
What is the scientific name of a camel?
According to author Terry Pratchett, camels are very logical and also good at counting. So they believe their name is whatever they are called the most times.
The last straw that broke a camel's back. Who said this first time?
This is unknown, because many have claimed to be the originators, as with all popular sayings.
When did the Camels go extinct in the US?
Umm...I'm pretty sure that there never were any camels in the United States. They evolved after Pangaea (when all the continents were still stuck together) and they don't swim, so there is no possible way for them to get in the US by themselves.
What does hashish have to do with camel dung?
Camels cannot digest the THC in marijuana. If they are fed bales of the dope, what they excrete is a superpotent hashish. All the THC that could not be digested is concentrated in their dung.
Is there camel snus spice in Oklahoma?
Camel Snus Spice is no longer manufactured. It has been replaced by Camel Mellow Snus.
Unlike other animal milks, camel milk does not coagulate easily and bovine rennet does not help to coagulate the milk effectively.
What is the opposite gender for camel?
Female camels are called cows whereas Male camels are called Bulls
In the sense that they chew a cud, yes. Camels are ruminants (even though they are not in the suborder Ruminantia, but rather in Tylopoda).
For ruminate meaning "to dwell, ponder, or think deeply," they often appear to be ruminating.
Do camel spiders live in Wyoming?
They do. I just found one in my garage (which was very dark) today and needed to do research as to what it was, as I have never seen one before.
In theory you could make leather from a camel hide, although I don't know if this is done commercially.
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They have long eyelashes to keep out sand, humps that hold fat which they can turn into water, when they drink they drink alot as they don't know the next time they will drink, tail to flick away flies and padded feet so they don't burn or sink in the sand.
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They can live for up to two weeks without food because their hump is filled with fat that can last them a while!!
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- There are two types of camel.
- Camels with two humps are called Bactrian camels. They live in central and eastern Asia.
- Camels with one hump are called Arabic camels. They live in western Asia.
- Camels feet consist of wide-spread three toes. To prevent them sinking into the sand.
- Camels store fat in their humps from excessive nutrients from water and food.
- Camels do not store water in their humps. The belief that camels store water in their humps is a myth and zoological hoax.
- Camels have long thick eyelashes to protect their eyes from sand.
- Camels have hair covering their ears to prevent sand clogging them.
- Camels have slit-shaped noses covered with hair to prevent sand entering them. Camels can also close their nostrils if they need to.
- Camel hair protects the camels skin from the harsh desert sun and keeps them warm in the icy desert nights.
- Camel hair also reflects sunlight and is an insulator against heat and cold.
- Camels have a bare, hairless underbelly that helps them keep cool when lying on the sand.
- Camels mouths are tough and leathery, which enables them to eat thorny plants and cactuses.
- The name "camel" comes from the Arabic word ǧml, which means Beauty.
- Camels can survive 30 days without food and 2 weeks without water.
- Camels can drink 40 gallons of water in one go.
- Camels don't sweat until their body temperature reaches over 41 degrees Celsius. Humans and most animals typically sweat at 20 degrees Celsius.
- Camels can carry weight across deserts.
- Camels can produce milk. Camel milk is consumed by many people.
- Camel milk is believed to be a cure for autism in babies. Studies are ongoing.
- Camel milk was used to make the first yoghurts thousands of years ago.
- The lips of a camel are split to help them graze in the desert.
- Camels can kick in all four directions with their legs.
- Camels also defend themselves by regurgitating green bile from their stomach and spitting it at their target. The bile smells foul and puts the threat off the camel. Skunks have a similar but far more foul defence.
- Camel urine is thick like syrup.
- There are fossils of camels, indicating camel-like creatures have existed for millions of years.
- Camels are camouflaged. Their fur is the same or similar colour to their desert surroundings.
- Wild camels are rare. 90% of the camel populations have been domesticated.
- Camels are passive creatures and live peacefully alongside humans, just like cows and horses.
- Camels do love their human masters (if treated right). But they don't like listening to humans very much. Camels are very free-willed and prefer to do things their way.
- Camels were imported to Australia to help with colonisation by transporting supplies and people across the vast Australian deserts and plains. Horses suffered with these tasks because they tend to sink into the sand or died of dehydration.
- When roads, railways and motors were established in Australia, the camels were released into the Australian wild to live freely without human intervention as a "thank you for all your help".
- Camels were also imported to the United States during the US-Mexico war to help American soldiers transport supplies over the desert. The United States even created a official "US Camel Corps".
- The Americans had no idea how to ride or maintain camels very well because they were used to horses. So many camels escaped and roamed the wilderness, where their descendants still remain today.
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Camels live for 40-50 years. They also stay with their parents for 10-11 years. Camels are mammals so they're born just like humans.
Camels have a layer of skin on their eyeballs to prevent desert sand from getting into their eyes such cool animals
Give few examples of breeds of camel that gives us wool?
Camels do not give wool; this is a product created only by sheep. However, alpacas are closely related to camels and can be raised and sheared for fiber that can be cleaned, spun and woven similar to wool.
What two reasons explain the use of camels in the desert to transport gods?
Camels can live for extremely long periods of time without water. Water is extremely scarce in the desert. Therefore camels are used because they have the best chance of making it across before dehydration and death.
How much space does a camel like?
Enough so it can move, stretch, run around and feed in. Enough so it can move, stretch, run around and feed in.
What does two camels in a tiny car mean?
Ray William Johnson said it in his video "WTF?!" . Watch it and you will find out
