Even though they don’t eat or drink for days, the camel is strong enough to walk long distances in the hot sun. Come on, let’s find out other unique facts about camels!
- The camel is a four-legged animal that has a hump on its body. Adult camels reach 2 meters in height.
- Camels are often used as a means of transportation. It is capable of carrying a load of 90 kg while traveling 32 km in very hot weather.
- Besides being strong, camels can also withstand not eating and drinking for days. That’s thanks to the hump it has.
- There are two types of camels, namely the double hump and the single hump. The double-humped camel is the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) while the single-humped camel is the Arabian camel or dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius)
- The camel’s hump is used to store fat reserves, not to store water reserves.
- The fat reserves stored in the camel’s hump can reach 36 kg. It is these fat reserves that replace the camel’s diet for days.
- The kidneys and intestines of camels can do good absorption of nutrients so that camel urine is slightly thick and the feces are very dry.
- Camel nostrils can close. This helps protect it from sand dust.
- The mucous membrane of the camel’s nose is 100 times larger than that of humans. With this large mucous membrane, camels are able to absorb more moisture in the air.
- Camel’s eyelashes are very long, so they can protect their eyes from sand dust.
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