There are two kinds of camels: those with 1 hump are called dromedaries. A camel with two humps is called a Bactrian camel. Bactrian camels are mainly found in Asia and the cooler surrounding regions.

Looking from a distance, I saw the brown camel with a hint of gold, and the two huge humps were the most conspicuous. These two humps are like two golden peaks, and the camel is stronger because of these two humps.

Double humps are morphological features:

The body length is 3.2 to 3.5 meters, the shoulder height is 1.6 to 1.8 meters, and the weight is 450 to 680 kilograms. The head is small, the neck is long and curved upward, the body is golden yellow to dark brown, and the thighs are the blackest.

It grows fur on its neck and hump in winter, has double rows of long eyelashes and sand-resistant inner ear hair, and slit-like nostrils that close during sandstorms.

Wild Bactrian camels are the only remaining wild camels in the world. Wild Bactrian camels are smaller and lighter than domestic Bactrian camels, with significantly smaller and more conical humps and thinner coats.

The role of the hump:

The hump stores fat, not water. The metabolic water produced after fat oxidation can be used for the life activities of camels.

The metabolism of fat is inseparable from the participation of oxygen. During the breathing process of inhaling oxygen, the water loss in the lungs is equivalent to the water metabolized by fat.

A camel's rumen is divided by muscle mass into several blind sacs, so-called "water sacs." Those water bladders can only hold 5 to 6 liters of water, and mixed with the fermented feed, it is a thick green juice.

The salt concentration in these green sap is about the same as that in the blood, making it difficult for camels to use the water in their stomachs.

Furthermore, the water bladder is not effectively separated from the rest of the rumen and is too small to constitute a truly effective reservoir.

Its habits.

Living environment.

Camels mainly live in grasslands, deserts and Gobi areas.

Character traits.

Camels are docile, alert and tenacious, quick to react, fast to run, and perseverance.

Food.

Camels mainly eat grass.

Love salt.

Since the precipitation in arid areas of the desert is much lower than the evaporation of water vapor and the transpiration of plants, the salinity of plants in this area is higher. Camels live in arid desert regions and over time have developed a preference for plants with high salt content.

At the same time, drinking water is also saline-alkali lake water.

In the depths of the desert, camels witnessed the germination and growth of the dead bones of Populus euphratica, and witnessed the disappearance of the former glory under the ravages of yellow sand.