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Exotic Farm Animals
This category deals with exotic farm animals which have become commercial enterprises in the farming community such as emu, ostrich, or yak. The treatment and care of these non traditional creatures along with certain farming techniques is discussed here.
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No, cacti are native to the Americas while camels are from Africa and Asia.
How many teeth does an ostrich have?
Ostrich do not have teeth. They shift the food to their http://www.answers.com/topic/crop (a holding pocket in her esophagus), pick up their head to about ankle height, and move on. The head pecks again, this time getting small bits of gravel. Now amongst brown grass, it finds seeds. Its head moves here and there pecking up the bounty like a strange long-legged, long-necked, precisely-pecking chicken. It raises its head to its full 8-foot (2.4 m) height, peers around for trouble, and swallows. The ball of seeds, half-devoured lizard, and gravel emerges from the crop and slides slowly down its neck - stretching the neck skin as it goes - finally into ist tough muscular stomach, called a gizzard. The bits of gravel and sand that it swallowed earlier act as teeth in the gizzard and grind the hard food into manageable bits for its intestines to digest. Its gizzard content may be 45% sand and stones. All birds have gizzards and "chew" their food this way. Its 45-foot (14-m) long intestine (twice the length of a human's) is long enough to absorb practically every scrap of nutrients in the food.
What is the Similarity between camel and horse?
A camel has a hump and a horse has a removable hump. Ha ha. Seriously speaking, though, if well treated, a camel is more affectionate, inquisitive, and attention-seeking than horses, but they are less predictable.
As far as the difference involved in riding these animals, camels need less food and water than horses do, so you can take them on longer journeys where there aren't as many water sources.
Camels are quieter and gentler than horses are. They are less spooky, yet they sometimes buck just for the pure pleasure of it.
Camels are better at getting themselves out of precarious situations.
Camels can carry more weight than horses.
Camels foot falls are quieter on the ground. They do not need to be shod.
Camels do not colic the way horses do.
A camel seems to have a mind that is more complicated and interesting than a horse's mind.
Camels are more barn sour and herd sour than horses are. It's very difficult to get one away from its home or its buddies. They are not as willing to move out as horses are, and they have less agility, and are less responsive to cues.
It's very hard to find a well-trained camel. It's also hard to find a good camel trainer.
Camels need custom made trailers.
It's hard to find a good camel veterenarian.
Camels are harder on fences than horses are.
What are camels unique behavior?
they have long eyelids. they have three pairs of eyelids which protect their eyes from sand during a sandstorm in deserts. they have hoofed legs which prevents them from sinking into the loosely held sand. they have a huge hump which can store water.
The Camel may have to live on dried leaves, seeds, and whatever desert plants it can find. A camel can eat a thorny twig without hurting its mouth. The lining of the mouth is so tough that the sharp thorns cannot push through the skin. If food is very scarce, a camel will eat anything--bones, fish, meat, leather, and even its owner's tent.
Source: The Camel Farm, see the link below.
Camels eat a lot of things. They eat the desert food, plants, and sometimes bugs.
a camel may eat anything, including dirt, if they are hungry enough
What are the 2 types of camels?
The two types are bactarian camels and the other one is dromedary camel
Camels help people by:
- providing transportation; for riding in deserts
- carrying loads as beasts of burden
- being able to travel long distances with less need to feed and water (thus, the load needed to support the animals is less than for other beasts of burden)
- providing some protection to travelers during sandstorms because of their mass
- finding sources of water
- alerting with calls when a predator is near
- being trainable, like a horse is trainable
- being obedient to their owners' commands (example: kneeling to allow people to climb up onto them)
- by completing a journey without breaking down, like cars do
Do the camels knees help them in the desert?
They have padded and elastic soles that help them travel on the rough terrain i.e. the desert. Their soles are also very tough and impermeable, and it ensures that they don't sink into the sand. Hope this helps!
I would estimate a full grown Camel would weigh 1500lbs to 3000lbs. This is based on: -camels can be 6x the weight of a llama (wiki) and llamas can weigh 280lbs to 450lbs (wiki). So that would mean 1680lbs to 2700lbs. -camels supposedly can drink 20 to 50 gallons at one time. And they can withstand at least 20 to 25% weight loss due to sweating. (wiki) So if the above were true that would mean 20 to 50 gallons of water equals 20% to 25% of a camels weight. Since water weight is about 8.3lbs a gallon. That would be 332lbs to 2085lbs. -Additionally a horse of similar height to a camel could be very roughly 1000lbs to 3000lbs according to my horse riding friend. Disclaimer: I haven't had any experience with camels and I would imagine it would be hard to get a specific weight estimation due to how much of their weight could just be water weight.
Yes it can. Not very quickly, but it can swim across strong currents.
How many toes does a camel have on each foot?
Camels have five 'legs'. They have the standard four that you would expect. They have another lever underneath their chest that helps them to get up from the ground, which is also referred to as a leg.
As dumb as this sounds but yes they do. Well some do and they hate being seen bark.
Dromedary camels live in North Western India and the lowlands of Afghanistan. Some dromedary camels live in the outside parts of the Arabian peninsula and Sonila to the south and westwood across African deserts. A large amount of Dromedary camels also live in an African desert called the Sahara desert, which is the largest desert in the world.
Yes. Deer can live just about anywhere, and are commonly found throughout the country. Deer are especially found on the periphery of the forests, where they can go between the forests and the meadows. Where humans also live on the edge of the forest, deer are sometimes a nuisance, because of their appetite for decorative shrubs and roses.
It's not a very scientific answer, but doesn't it seem obvious that GOD made them?!
The meerkat is an omnivore. This means that they eat both meat and plants. The diet of a meerkat can consist of lizards, rodents, fruits, berries, leaves, and eggs.
Which continent has exotic animals?
Exotic is defined as from some other part of the world, so the answer would be someplace other than where you're from. And the animals where you're from would be exotic to someone from somewhere else. If by exotic you mean fascinating or interesting, then every continent has them.
No, they cannot be trained as house pets. While native foxes, if obtained at a very early age, can become quite docile and affectionate, this behavior can take a sudden turn during the mating season and the fox, especially a male, can become quite irritable and snappy. Foxes are also very territorial and will mark their new territory (the inside of your home) with an unpleasant, odiferous liquid that will stain furniture and is difficult to remove. They are also not amenable to potty training. As a caretaker for a local wildlife rescue group I have had first hand experience with this. Foxes should remain wild and not taken as pets. It is illegal in many locations.
