Camels are hardy creatures, perfectly adapted to life in arid regions. Evolution was rewarded with their ability to squeeze out where most other mammals are unlikely to last longer than a few days. In addition, camels play no less important role in the history of mankind than horses, and they are able to pass where horses never dreamed.
Arabs wandering through the desert appreciate camels very high. The very word “camel” came from the Arabic word “beauty”.
The spine of camels is straight, despite the presence of humps.
Accumulated fat in the hums not only supports the camel during a hungry period, but also helps it regulate body temperature, which is very important in hot desert conditions.
A camel can drink up to two hundred liters of water in one sitting, and then not drink for a long time at all.
Camels know how to sweat. They have hot bodies, and sweat begins to emit only when the body temperature exceeds a mark of forty-one degrees.
The most stubborn animal is, perhaps, not an ass, namely a camel. If he wants to lie down to rest, make him get up and go almost impossible.
Camels spit very aptly.
The rough lips of camels help them calmly eat hard and thorny plants.
Also, camels are very strong and accurate kicking feet, and in all four directions, unlike horses, which can strike the hoof only forward or backward.
The camel can almost completely cover the nostrils if necessary, for example, during a sandstorm.
There are a lot of camels in Australia. Once they were brought there for the cavalry, but since then they have become wild and have greatly proliferated.
Camels have three centuries before their eyes.
If necessary, the camel can not drink at all, bypassing the moisture obtained from the plants they eat.
In many African countries, camels are considered sacred animals.
Camels drink very quickly – the average bucket of water is the same average camel drains faster than a minute.
Water camels at a distance of 50-60 kilometers.
For a day a camel can eat 30-40 kilograms of food.
Once riding through the Sahara desert, caravans, according to chroniclers, sometimes included up to twelve thousand camels.
In winter, to protect from the cold, camels have a magnificent mane.
Camel wool in the sun can warm up to 70-80 degrees, while the camel itself will calmly maintain body temperature within 40 degrees and will not even sweat.
The feces of camels are very dry. Desert nomads use them as fuel for their fires.
Camels live to 35-40 years.
A camel can lose up to 40% of the body weight from dehydration and yet not die.
At present, there are slightly less than twenty million camels in the world.
Oddly enough, camels swim superbly.
The endurance and strength of the camels allows them to carry a load of one-half of their body, passing 30-40 kilometers a day. Without cargo or with one rider, an adult camel easily passes for a day and a hundred kilometers, walking at an even pace.
A camel is present on the arms and flag of the city of Chelyabinsk.
If necessary, the camels run at such a speed that a little horse will follow them.
Camel’s milk is extremely dense, and it never folds.
One-horned and two-humped camels can successfully interbreed. The camel that was born as a result of this crossing is called “nar.”
