Camel

📖 In short

The camel is the ship of the desert! It's a big, strong animal that can walk for days in the hot desert with little water and food. It has been with the Arabs for thousands of years, carrying their belongings and giving them milk, meat and hair for weaving.

🤩 Did you know?

A camel can carry loads of up to 150 kilograms and walk with them for hours.
A camel can drink more than 100 liters of water at once.
The first Arabian camel was taken to Australia in 1840, and thousands of wild camels live there today.
Camels eat thorny plants that other animals won't eat.

🔎 Find out more

🌟 What's in the hump?

Some people think the hump is full of water, but it's really a store of fat. When a camel can't find food, it uses this fat for energy.

🔍 Made for the desert

A camel has long eyelashes to protect its eyes from sand, and can close its nostrils in a sandstorm. Its feet are wide and soft so they don't sink into the sand.

💡 It drinks a lot at once

A camel can go without water for many days, and when it finds water it drinks a huge amount in just a few minutes.

🎯 Male or female?

The male is called a bull camel, the female a cow camel, and the baby a calf. The Arabian camel (dromedary) has one hump, while the Bactrian camel in Asia has two.