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Did you Know? List of Facts about Camels
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Camels, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Camels are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition: A large ruminant (cud-chewing mammal) used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding.

  • Fact 2 - There are two types of camels: the one-humped camel (the Arabian Camel or Dromedary Camel) and the two-humped camel (the Bactrian Camel).
    • Difference between the Bactrian and Dromedary camels: Bactrian camels are much more mild-mannered than the hot-tempered dromedary camels
    • Difference between the Bactrian and Dromedary camels: 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
    • Difference between the Bactrian and Dromedary camels: The two-humped Bactrian camel is native to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia whereas the Dromedary camels are native to to Africa and the Middle East
  • Fact 3 - The hump on the camel’s back is a lump of fat
  • Fact 4 - Camels have 34 teeth
  • Fact 5 - Male camels are known as bulls and females are known as cows. A baby camel is called a calf
  • Fact 6 - The terms "bull", "cow" and "calf" are also used to denote the gender or age of other large animals including:

Whales

Hippopotamus

Cattle

Elk

Elephants
  • Fact 7 - The camel can go without food and water for 3 to 4 days
  • Fact 8 - Camel stats and facts
    • Weight: 500 to 600 kg
    • Height: 6 - 7 feet
    • The hump: Rises about 30 inches (76.20 cm) out of its body
    • Habitat: Dry deserts and arid plains of Asia and Africa
    • Lifespan: 50 years
    • Speed: Up to 65 km/h (40 mph)
    • Diet: Camels are herbivores eating mainly dried leaves, seeds and desert plants
    • 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 - The thick coats of camels reflect sunlight and serve as insulation from the heat of the sand
  • Fact 13 - Baby camels are born without a hump
  • Fact 14 - 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 - 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
  • Fact 17 - Dromedary Camels are not an endangered species

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