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Fact: How Do Camels Survive The Desert ?

How Do Camels Survive The Desert ?

The body of a camel is so amazingly adapted to survival in the desert that it can with stand even the harshest of desert climates. Their biggest strength has to be their ability to survive without food and water for long periods of time. This unique ability stems from their body being able to store fat in their humps and water in the lining of their stomachs. These stores can be used in times of need which is ideal in deserts where both food and water are extremely scarce.

Their wide, padded feet grip well on loose sandy soil and stop the camel from sinking into the sand. An insulating wool coat keeps out both the heat of the day and the cold of the night. Hairy eyelashes, ears and slit nostrils keep out the desert dust and sand. If that wasn’t enough camels are also extremely simple about the food they eat, consuming anything from thorny shrubs to desert thistles.

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    Posted on 22nd December 2008

    best

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    Posted on 18th March 2009

    funnily enough i had to do a poster on camels for a kandoo task for science (its like coursework but easier) thanks

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    Posted on 16th May 2009

    Great Info,
    Am in yr 7 and doing a geography assessment task and helped a lot Thanks:)

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    Posted on 10th October 2009

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    Posted on 20th October 2009

    i am not happy with this it does not tell u why camels have big stomachs!!!! :(

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    Posted on 2nd November 2009

    In y7 n doin about camels in science was brill info thanks :-)

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    Posted on 13th November 2009

    im in year 6 and im doing a project and this site has helped alot .thanx

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    Posted on 20th November 2009

    this relly helps me

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    Posted on 1st December 2009

    Thanks i had to do a project on camels and how they survive =D

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    Posted on 2nd February 2010

    It’s weird that they eat thorny bushes.

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    Posted on 25th February 2010

    thanks a lot this help me in geography project . I got full marks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!TANKS AGAIN

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    Posted on 4th March 2010

    another fun little thing id that camels have a hump but their actual back (spine) is strait.

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    Posted on 29th March 2010

    in yr 7 and am doing and explainationabout ‘ow animals survive in the desert’ this site helpped me alot thnx x

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    Posted on 29th March 2010

    i luv camels

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    Posted on 18th April 2010

    cherrse im doin homework and it realy help thanks :p

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    Posted on 23rd April 2010

    cool facts helped alot im doing a eglish project for camels

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    Posted on 3rd May 2010

    so cool i needed it for geography class and it came i handy.

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    Posted on 3rd May 2010

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    Posted on 7th May 2010

    hi can you give some information about how camel breeds, lives, looks like and eats

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    Posted on 18th May 2010

    Great info! I have to do a debate for school and it helpeda bunch! Keep it up!

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    Posted on 18th May 2010

    Great info! I had to do a debate for school and it really helped a lot!!! :)

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    Posted on 20th July 2010

    I’m a year 8 I am doing a speech about what ever I want and I chose animals. This was very helpful thanks alot :) .

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    Posted on 2nd September 2010

    im in 7th grade i luv it helped with projest all that i needed

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    Posted on 13th September 2010

    im in yr 8 this helps me alot for my homework
    my home work is about camels so i dont need to worry about it :}

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    Posted on 1st October 2010

    sorry

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    Posted on 1st November 2010

    i really love camels i wish is was a camel so much. when i die i want be in a camel like bear grills . love ur awesome website

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    Posted on 3rd November 2010

    really its good. so that why they are leave in deseart place because god mke them for that particulare place…wow its really un imaginable in the world thare is so must fact to know..is it not so..

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    Posted on 22nd November 2010

    Taa like, this kinda helped me as im in year 8 and im trying to do a poster about camels and how they keep cool in warm enviroments..

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    Posted on 27th November 2010

    I am happy with information given because it teaches me alot about school topics

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    Posted on 2nd February 2011

    I’m angry about how animals are treated in these days everywhere, including camels in Egypt especially. I loveeee dogs and other animals. When I hear of any cruelty to animals including camels in Egypt, it makes me want to kill their owners or other people that aren’t doing anything about it! OMG..you have no idea. Take what I just said about saving animals and treating them like people, not free rides or toys.

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    Posted on 14th March 2011

    this has helped me a lot for my exam!! :) thank you xxx

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    Posted on 5th July 2011

    THANKS :) Im in yr 7 at da mo and this info really helped my homework :) :D XD :P :O :L ,,,,,,,

    HOW DO THEY KEEP COOL IN DA DESERT? PLEASE REPLY ASAP I REALLY NEED THE INFO

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    Posted on 21st August 2011

    Thank you so much. Am in year eight and doing a geography project. SO much help! xx

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    Posted on 23rd August 2011

    thanks a lot I do my school home work (how do camels survive)

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    Posted on 4th September 2011

    omg this is a fantastic website cheers to who ever made it :)

    i need to no how they get food ??

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    Posted on 12th September 2011

    This was alot of help, im in year 9 and doing a small homework on what our teacher call’s ‘collin the camel’ We needed to know at the minimum 3 things a camel does to adapt in the desert, and this did help alot, so thanks, i guess :) xxxx…….

    …..By the way, i got full marks on my homework ;) x

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    Posted on 4th October 2011

    i am in s1 and we had to do a homework sheet on our farourite anial ans this website helped meh alot thanks :) :)

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    Posted on 24th October 2011

    the carmel’s tissue is tolerant to dehydration,which result to their bad temper,also it has the ability to work under a hot sun.how do carmel manage this situatiion?

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    Posted on 31st October 2011

    i did a poster about ecosystems it’s quiet hard

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    Posted on 13th November 2011

    thx it helped was doing an homework essay for geography im in y8 set 1.

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    Posted on 16th November 2011

    thank u so much 4 this info u like saved ma life
    im in yr7 and u helped me with a Geography assignment for ma stupid teacher
    anyway u helped me ALOT

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    Posted on 29th November 2011

    thanku, this site has helped but it didnt let me copy the piccy- im doin a project nd i needed th pic- y cant u let us copy it i mean were not gnna copyrite it cos were only 12 an we dunno even no how 2 do it! but yh this is a gr8 site! ta! it rlly helps an well laid out! :)

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    Posted on 29th November 2011

    Oh! It has let me copy it now! Sorry – but yh thnx 4 all th info! :) :):):):)

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    Posted on 28th December 2011

    IT WAS VERY USEFUL FOR ME FOR DOING MY ENGLISH PROJECT!!!!!!!!! AND I REALLY LOVE CAMELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    SANJIVANI RAI

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    Posted on 3rd January 2012

    That nice i really like to read such stuff. But mostly i do like space facts

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    Posted on 6th January 2012
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    That’s a pretty amazing thing. I wonder how old camels are ? Are there earlier versions of the camel which would show and prove an element of evolution. Since they really have adapted in a big way.

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