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

  • Fact 1 - Definition: The Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) or Arabian Camel is the one-humped camel of the hot deserts of North Africa and south western Asia

  • 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, native to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia).
  • Fact 3 - Dromedary camels are much more common than two hump Bactrian camels
  • Fact 4 - Dromedary camels are native to to Africa and the Middle East
  • Fact 5 - The Dromedary Camel or Arabian Camel has a uniform length of hair year round whereas the Bactrian loses its coat in the spring and grows a thick coat of hair each winter
  • Fact 7 - The Dromedary camel can go without food and water for 3 to 4 days
  • Fact 8 - Dromedary 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 - The Dromedary camel is domesticated and therefore in no danger of dying out

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