Interesting Facts about Camels
- The average lifespan of camels is 40 to 50 years.
- A camel can run with speed of 65 km per hour but in short distance.
- In each day camels can drink around 40 gallons water.
- Camels have a series of physiological adaptations in their body that allow them to withstand long periods of time without water.
- A 600kg camel can drink 200 litters water in just three minutes.
- Camel can survive without water up to two months.
- Camels can withstand losing 25% of their body weight to sweating, but mostly other mammals can withstand only about 12–14%.
- Camels rarely sweat, when the temperatures reach 49 °C.
- In morning their temperature ranges from 34 °C, and steadily increases to 40 °C.
- Camels have a thick leathery lining in their mouths which allowing them to chew thorny desert plants.
- The kidneys and intestines of a camel are very efficient at reabsorbing water.
- According to molecular data, the New World and Old World camelids diverged 11 million years ago.
- The average weight of camels is 650 and can carry 400 to 450 kg.
- The earliest camel called Protylopus, Lived 40 to 50 million years ago with weighing around only 26 kg.
- 35 Million Years ago Poebrotherium camels was the size of a goat.
- Camel's milk is rich in vitamin, minerals, and proteins. But lack of Lactose.
- The camel’s milk is 3 times higher in vitamin C than cow's milk and 10 times higher in iron.
- It is also high in vitamins B but lower in vitamin A and B2 than cow's milk.
- Pakistani and Afghani camels can produce up to 30 Litters milk per Day.
- The Bactrian Camels Produce 5 litter milk per day and Dromedary produces an average of 20 Litters Per day.
- It is difficult to make Cheese with camel's milk than any other dairy animals.
- The weigh of Bactrian camel can 300 to 1000 kg.
- The Bactrian camels have around 50 years lifespan.
- There were 14 million camels alive in 2010,in which 90% are female camels.
- Camel fighting originated among ancient Turkic tribes over 2,400 years ago. in 2011 there are around 2,000 wrestling camels in Turkey.
