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These lips are essential in searching for food and feeding on vegetation such as salty plants and thorny plants. Like cows, camels are ruminant animals.

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Dromedary camels possess only one hump whereas the double-humped camels are known as Bactrians. Majority of the camels on earth are dromedaries, which are also called the Arabian camel. The Bactrian camels can further be divided into wild and domesticated ones.

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Though most camels are domesticated, the small number of wild Bactrian camels remaining are critically endangered.9 Classified as a separate species from the domesticated Bactrian camel, C. ferus is found in only four areas: three in northwest China (Gashun Gobi, Taklamakan Desert, and Lake Lop Camel National Reserve adjacent to the mountain ranges of Arjin Shan) and one in Mongolia, in the Great Gobi Section A Strictly Protected Area.

There are estimated to be fewer than 1,000 wild Bactrian camels remaining, and their population is expected to decrease by as much as 80 percent over the next 45 to 50 years. Threats to wild Bactrian camels include subsistence hunting, predation by wolves, degradation of habitat, and competition with domestic Bactrian camels for resources. In China, the wild Bactrian camel is also threatened by the potential designation of its habitat for industrial use.

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Camels have an impressive ability to carry a heavy load. The Bactrian camel can carry up to 440 pounds in a day, while the dromedary can haul up to 220 pounds.8

 When walking, both legs on the same side of the camel's body move at the same time, called a pace.

Because the fat stored in their humps provides energy, these herbivores are able to work without requiring frequent breaks for food or water.3

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Camels have provided sustenance to humans for thousands of years in the form of meat and milk. Camel's milk is lower in cholesterol and higher in vitamin C and minerals like sodium and potassium compared with the milk of other ruminants.6 Milk from camels is also considered to be more like human milk than milk from cows.7

In the arid desert regions camels inhabit, their meat is also an important source of protein.

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Camels travel in herds and both dromedary and Bactrian camels are social creatures. Groups are composed of as many as 30 individuals including a family unit with one dominant male.4 With the exception of males establishing dominance during breeding, camels are not prone to aggressive outbursts.

They don’t just travel together; camels also communicate with members of their group by making sounds like moans and bellows.

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While camels don’t store water in their humps, these desert animals are great at conserving water. Dromedary camels use heterothermy to regulate their body temperature throughout the day.5 This prevents them from sweating during daily increases in temperature, conserving water.

When a camel does come across water, it can fill up in a hurry, drinking as much as 26 gallons in 10 minutes

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camels), Bactrian camels (or Asian camels), and wild Bactrian camels (Camelus ferus). The majority of camels are domestic. The only wild camel species, wild Bactrian camels, are only found in just a few locations in China and Mongolia.2

Dromedary camels are domestic camels with long curved necks and a single hump, while Bactrian camels have two humps. All three species of camels are tall — dromedary camels average six feet tall and Bactrian camels are around seven feet in height.

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Camels can sweat. They have hot bodies, and sweat begins to secrete only when the body temperature exceeds forty-one degrees.

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Camels are hardy creatures, excellently adapted to life in arid regions. Evolution has rewarded them with the ability to squeeze where most other mammals are unlikely to last more than a few days. In addition, camels play no less important role in the history of mankind than horses, and they are able to go where horses never dreamed of.

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Camels are able to carry a load equal to half their weight, and the strongest - as much as they weigh themselves, about 700 kg.