Camels-The valuable mammal of burden.

  

Date Posted: 6/8/2012 8:05:27 AM

Posted By: meg soni  Membership Level: Gold  Total Points: 2477

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The camel is an even toed mammal that is found in the desert regions of Asia and North Africa.There are two types of camels;Arabian /dromedary camel and bactrian camel.The arabian camel has one hump and is mostly found in Africa and middle east.The bactrian camel has two humps and is found in china and central Asia.The humps are stores of flesh and fat absorbed as nutrition for when food is scarce.Camels can survive without water for several days and their endurance and strength have made it a valuable beast of burden.

Arabian camel

It stands 2m tall at the shoulder and the hump rise about 30cm above the neck.It is adapted to the desert.It can cover more than 161km a day and the flesh and milk of the camel is used as food and hide for leather.It has ability to bite off and consume thorny plants that grow in the desert.It is able to close its nostrils against flying dust and eyes are shielded ny long eyelashes.Arabian camel has thick,broad sole pads and thick callosities on the joints of the legs and on the chest,upon which it rests in a kneeling position therefore enable it to withstand the heat of the desert stand.It has long hair which shed every summer and is made to cordage,paint brushes and a light,warm long napped cloth.

Bactrian camel

It has shorter legs and is about 1.5m height at the shoulders.It has heavier torso than the arabian camel.It is smaller in size and heavier build.It is adapted to rocky and cooler regions and can carry loads as great as 454 kg and cover about 47km a day. Bactrian has harder and more cloven feet to climb rock and longer and finer wool to keep warm.It stores about 1.5 gallons in special sacks around the stomach and they drink

water only to replace the water they have lost.If it has used up all its water it needs to drink about 30 gallons of water to fill up which takes 10 minutes. Bactrian camel lives in caravans made up to 6 to 20 camels.The groups are composed of adolescent males,females and their young or a group of females and their young led by one adult male.

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