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Did you Know? List of Facts about Bactrian Camels
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Interesting Facts about Bactrian Camels are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition: The Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) is the two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia

  • Fact 2 - There are two types of camels: the one-humped camel (the Arabian Camel or Dromedary Camel, native to to Africa and the Middle East) and the two-humped Bactrian camel which is native to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia
  • Fact 3 - Bactrian camels are much more common than one hump Dromedary  camels
  • Fact 4 - Bactrian camels are native to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia
  • Fact 5 - Bactrian camels are much more mild-mannered than the grumpy dromedary
  • Fact 6 - The Bactrian camel loses its coat in the spring and grows a thick coat of hair each winter whereas the Dromedary Camel has a uniform length of hair year round
  • Fact 7 - The Bactrian camel can go without food and water for 3 to 4 days
  • Fact 8 - Bactrian Camel stats and facts
    • Weight: 1,000 – 1,500lbs
    • Height: Over 11 feet
    • The humps: Rise about 30 inches (76.20 cm) out of its body
    • Habitat: Desert and the grasslands (steppes) of Asia
    • Lifespan: 40 years
    • Speed: Up to 20 mph
    • Diet: Camels are herbivores eating mainly dried leaves, seeds and desert plants
    • Bactrian Camels can drink about 200 litres of water in a day
  • Fact 9 - The hoofs of camels are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous
  • Fact 10 - Camels are ruminants, meaning that they have a digestive system that allows use of otherwise indigestible foods by regurgitating and re-chewing them as "cud"
  • Fact 11 - The cud is then re-swallowed and further digested by specialised microorganisms
  • Fact 12 - Bactrian camels have bushy eyebrows and two rows of long eyelashes, which protect their eyes
  • Fact 13 - Baby camels are born without humps
  • Fact 14 - Bactrian Camels can close their nostrils to prevent sand from entering inside their nose
  • Fact 15 - Camels have the ability to endure wide changes in their body temperature as well as water content
  • Fact 16 - The thick coats of Bactrian camels reflect sunlight and serve as insulation from the heat of the sand
  • Fact 17 - Endangered Species: The small wild population of Bactrian camels (as opposed to the domesticated variety) are listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as 'critically endangered' due to capture and habitat loss
    • Critically Endangered - CR (Status: Threatened) - Face an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future

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