Camels

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Camels
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There are two different types of camel.
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Arabian camels (dromedaries) have a single hump.
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They are found in North Africa as well as Arabia.
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Bactrian camels come from the Gobi Desert and
other dry parts of Asia.
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These hairy beasts have not one hump, but two.
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A camels hump does not contain water, as some
people think.
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In fact, it is a store of fat which the animal
can live off when food is scarce.
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An Arabian camels hump shrinks as the fat inside
is used up in hard times.
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A bactrian camels humps flop over.
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The huge feet of camels help them to walk on sand
without sinking into it.
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A camel's foot can be as big as a large plate.
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A camel's head has built-in sun-visors to help
keep the bright sunlight out of its eyes. There
are broad ridges of bone above each eye. These
stick out far enough to shield the eyes when the
sun is overhead. The ears of camels are small to
make it harder for sand to get in them.
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Desert winds often blow sand into the air.
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To protect their eyes, camels have long eyelashes
that catch most of the sand.
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If sand gets into an eye, a camel has a third
eyelid to get it out.
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Like a windshield wiper on a car, this extra
eyelid
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moves from side to side and wipes the sand away.
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The eyelid is very thin, so a camel can see
through it. In sandstorms, camels often close
their third eyelid and keep walking. You might
say that a camel can find its way through a
sandstorm with its eyes closed.
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To keep sand from blowing into their noses,
camels can shut their nostrils. When there is no
sand blowing in the wind, a camel can open its
nostrils (A) and breathe through its nose. When
the wind starts to whip up the sand, the camel
just closes its nose (B).
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Camels are well known for their bad temper and
unpredictable behaviour.
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They may savagely bite or kick anyone who annoys
them, or
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spit foul-smelling liquid.
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At night, their owners have to hobble them (tie
their legs together)
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in order to stop them escaping back to the wild.
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Could you colour this dromedary camel?
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