They can also easily carry an extra hundred kilos and walk about thirty kilometers a day through the harsh desert climate.

They were active primarily in North America about ten million years ago, but their useful abilities allowed them to migrate and spread around the world. In ancient times, merchants carried camels through desert trade roads, selling various products to all corners of the world, making products flow faster and connecting different civilizations and cultures with each other. And in today’s world, they have become a good companion for people who want to challenge themselves and go on adventures.

A camel is tall, with a small head and long neck. It is resistant to hunger and thirst. Its greatest ability is to never get lost and is good at “sniffing out” water sources several kilometers away in the vast desert.

For thousands of years, the camel has been an indispensable animal in the history of human transportation. Not only can it transport goods across uninhabited deserts or steep mountain roads, but it can also carry people across the desert. It is important in the desert. “Transport”.

Camel known as the ship of the desert.

Camels are mainly divided into dromedary and Bactrian camels. The former is suitable for cold climates and the latter is suitable for desert climates. Bactrian camels are also called “great summer camels.” Due to indiscriminate hunting and killing by humans, wild dromedaries are currently on the verge of extinction and the number of wild Bactrian camels is becoming increasingly scarce.

The vitality of the camel is very tenacious. Even if it does not eat or drink for a few days, it will not endanger its life. In the absence of water, the camel can still survive for two weeks, and without food, the camel can continue to survive for a month.

This is mainly because camels can drink a lot of water and store it. They can drink 100 liters of water in one go and regain their previous normal weight within a few minutes.

Many people mistakenly think that the high hump on a camel’s back is full of water.   In fact, what is stored in a camel’s hump is not water, but rich adipose tissue.   In the harsh desert, the reason why the camel cannot eat for a few days is because the fat in the hump maintains its bodily functions.

So where do camels store water?   The camel’s stomach has three compartments. The first compartment has between 20 and 30 hydras (pāo). The water the camel drinks is stored in the hydra and its blood contains a highly concentrated protein. Water quickly passes into the blood. Save it.

These special physiological functions make camels resistant to hunger and thirst. In addition, due to the special structure of the mouth, camels can eat almost any plant in the desert, even thorny plants can be swallowed in one bite.

At rest, ruminate again on the swallowed food quickly, and then chew and swallow it repeatedly in the second stomach. When there is no food and water for a long time, the fat in the hump will be consumed into nutrients and water to replenish the body, and the hump will gradually dry out.

An adult camel can carry hundreds of kilograms of cargo and walk tens of kilometers a day. The   docile camel is called the “ship in the desert” and enjoys the reputation of “ship in the desert.”

However, if you come across a dead camel during your trip, it is best to stay away. The body of the dead camel is equivalent to a “biochemical weapon”, which is not alarmist.

Beware of dead camel carcasses

Most of the dead camels found in the desert died from accidents or diseases. After the death of the camel, the microorganisms in the body did not die. The bacteria that multiplied from inside began to decompose the camel carcass and the carcass decomposed rapidly.

Under anaerobic conditions, the fat in the camel’s body will be converted into carbon dioxide, methane and organic acids, and microorganisms will decompose the protein to produce toxic gases such as ammonia, and the water inside will multiply a large number of bacteria.

Therefore, the water from a camel carcass is not edible. If drunk, it will cause dehydration in the human body. In severe cases, it will cause poisoning and be life-threatening.

The hot, dry environment of the desert is more conducive to the reproduction of bacteria. The corpse decomposes very quickly. Thick skin traps a lot of gas in the body. As time passes, the internal pressure increases more and more, and the corpse continues to expand. Like a “time bomb”, it can explode at any moment.

Once the corpse explodes, the poisonous gas and plasma inside will splash next to the corpse, which is almost like a “biochemical weapon” to the surrounding creatures.