Camel is a beautiful animal normally living in deserts.
A camel is a fascinating animal livening in some places in this world, which have desert. Let’s find out more about it!
- A camel is an even-toed ungulate.
- It belongs in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as “humps” on its back.
- Camels have long been domesticated. T
- They provide food, milk and meat and textiles (fiber and felt from hair).
- Camels are working animals especially suited to their desert habitat and are a vital means of transport for passengers.
- They also “carry” many tourists as they are very popular among them.
- There are three surviving species of camel.
- The one-humped dromedary makes up 94% of the world’s camel population.
- The two-humped Bactrian camel makes up the remainder.
- The Wild Bactrian camel is a separate species.
- This species is in danger.
- The word camel is Latin and Greek
- Informally, “camel” (or, more correctly, “camelid”) refers to any of the seven members of the family Camelidae: the dromedary, the Bactrian, and the wild Bactrian (the true camels), plus the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuña.
- The dromedary (C. dromedarius), also known as the Arabian camel, inhabits the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.
- The Bactrian (C. bactrianus) lives in Central Asia.
- Bactrian camels weigh 300 to 1,000 kg.
- The average life expectancy of a camel is 40 to 50 years.
- A full-grown adult camel stands 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) at the shoulder and 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) at the hump.
- Camels can run at up to 65 km/h (40 mph) in short bursts
- The male dromedary camel has an organ called a dulla in its throat.
- This is a large, inflatable sac he extrudes from his mouth when in a rut to assert dominance and attract females. I
- It resembles a long, swollen, pink tongue hanging out of the side of its mouth.
- Camels mate by having both male and female sitting on the ground.
- Then the male is mounting from behind.
- Camels are the only animals of their species that mate in a sitting position.
- They need to stay hydrated in the desert, so it’s no surprise that camels can drink as much as 40 gallons of water at once
- There are more than 14 million camels in the world – most of them live in the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.
- In Turkey, a camel wrestling event takes place every January.
- Camel wrestling travels back to the ancient world.
- Their mouth splits in two because it helps them to graze and eat their food more effectively.
- They are mammals.
- But unlikely to other mammals can lose up to 25% of their water and still not get dehydrated.
- There is a tobacco brand named “Camel”.
- There is a song named “The Camel Song”, but it’s not about… camels!
- The word camel in Arabic means beauty.
