CAMELS
Mammal - Vertebrate - Herbivore
Mammal - Vertebrate - Herbivore
DROMEDARY AND CALF
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CAMEL CARAVAN
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DROMEDARY CAMEL
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Male: Bull
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Female: Cow
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Young: Calf
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CAMELS
There are two main types of camel:
- The Dromedary Camel (one hump)
- The Bactrian Camel (two humps)
There are two main types of camel:
- The Dromedary Camel (one hump)
- The Bactrian Camel (two humps)
- Their milk is much better than cow's milk as it is lower in fat and sugar and higher in iron and vitamins.
- Have wide, flat, leathery pads with two toes on each foot.
- When it places its foot on the ground, the pads spread so that it stops the foot from sinking into the sand.
- Does not store water in its hump.
- The hump is a mound of fatty tissue from which the camel gets its energy when food is scarce.
- Can last 17 days without drinking.
- Drink over 100 litres of water at once.
- It takes 10 seconds to drink 30 gallons of water.
- The thick coat reflects the sunlight.
- Have long eyelashes, ear hair and open and close their nostrils.
- Spit.
- Can live to the age of 50.
- The milk does not curdle.
- Are born without humps.
- The most feral camels are found in Australia.
- Camel urine is as thick as syrup.