Camel Project

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Camel Project

• By Alyssa B.

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Facts

• Every year in Saudi Arabia there is a beauty
  contest to select the Prettiest Arabian Camel.
  Judges look at the following qualities health,
  the beauty of head, eyes, cheek-bones, legs,
  humps, and affection to the owner. A winning
  camel could be worth 500,000 United States
  Dollars.

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Facts

• The camels native to Saudi Arabia have one hump
  and come in every shade of brown, from cream to
  almost black. Contrary to popular belief, a camel
  does not store water in its hump. It is in fact a
  mound of fatty tissue which the animal draws
  energy from when food is hard to find. They can
  close their nostrils as protection against flying
  sand and their ears are lined with fur to protect
  their ear canal. Their eyes are shielded by a
  double row of long curly eyelashes that keep out
  sand and they have thick bushy eyebrows that
  shield their eyes from the desert sun.

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Facts

• Camel racing has been a traditional desert sport
  of Bedouin tribes for many centuries. In the past
  the race would involve thousands of camels
  speeding across the open desert. Today the races
  are held at the Riyadh Stadium on a large
  circular track.

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Facts

• Every February more than 2,000 Arabian Camels and
  their young riders compete in 10 races during the
  Al Janadriyah Cultural Festival. One or two races
  are held each day for about a week. Gambling is
  illegal in Saudi Arabia so there are no Betting
  Booths in the stadium. Between 20,000 and 30,000
  spectators usually attend the races.

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Facts

• The camel trails up the Tuwaiq escarpment in
  Saudi Arabia near Riyadh follow the natural water
  course and were reinforced with small man-made
  retaining walls. This camel trail was used to
  ease the way of camel caravans traveling
  east-west across the peninsula. The caravan would
  be carrying not only traders with their goods but
  also pilgrims headed toward Mecca.

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Facts

• Im not sure if camels groom each other as some
  animals do. The one humped dromedary camels are
  native to Saudi Arabia. Their earthy coloring
  ranges from a creamy white to all shades of brown
  to almost black. These camels are perfectly
  suited to the Arabian desert climate. They dont
  actually store water in their humps, as many
  people believe. In actuality, the hump is made of
  fatty tissue which can supply the camel with
  needed energy when food and water is scarce.

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Facts

• Domesticated thousands of years ago by
  frankincense traders, who trained the gangly
  cud-chewer to make the long and arduous journey
  from southern Arabia to the northern regions of
  the Middle East, the camel went on to become the
  desert dweller's primary source of transport,
  shade, milk, meat, wool and hides.
• Scientists believe that ancestors of the modern
  camel lived in North America at least 40 million
  years ago.  Although the ancestors of the lamas
  and camels appear to have diverged sometime in
  the Eocene epoch, they weren't completely
  separated from each other until the Pleistocene,
  when the ancestors of the camels migrated across
  the Bering Strait (temporary) land bridge to
  Asia.  Lamas migrated to South American, and all
  camel died out in North America.  Once in Asia,
  camels migrated through eastern Europe, the
  Middle East and North Africa
• In Asia, two groups separated to become the two
  chief types of camel known today the one-humped
  or dromedary and the two-humped, shorter-legged
  Bactrian camel.  It is thought that the dromedary
  may have evolved from the Bactrian camel. 
  However the hump(s) may have been acquired as a
  result of domestication.  The one-humped camel
  (Camelus dromedarius ) is found in the Arabian
  deserts, while the two-humped camel (Camelus
  bactrianus ) is an Asiatic animal.

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Funny Pictures
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