The Secrets of the Camel’s Success

Camels are the perfect desert dwellers. They have:

by Lorna Elliott

woolly coats that protect them against blistering days and freezing nights spare fat on their backs stored inside one or two humps for converting into food (Storing food outside their main bodies keeps camels cool.) small ears lined with fur to keep out sand windshield wiper-like eyelids to clean away sand leathery pads under their hooves, which act like snowshoes to keep these 7-foot-high, 1,500-pound animals from sinking into the soft sand nostrils that can be shut tight during sandstorms split, rubbery lips for eating prickly plants or snow when food and water are scarce Camels can drink a third of their own body weight in one single session, then live many weeks without drinking again!…

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