Camels live mostly in desert areas, a species of even-toed camelid, commonly known as dromedaries and Bactrian camels.

However, there are also hybrid camels without humps, called hybrid camels, which are not fertile but produce good hair and meat.

Camels were first domesticated in 300 B.C. and became a powerful force for humans crossing the desert.

The lifespan of a camel is about 40-50 years, and adult camels are about 1.8 meters tall with a hump of over 2 meters.

Don't underestimate the slow pace of camels, but they can run at a maximum speed of over 65 km/h and can reach 30-40 km/h for long-distance running.

Can't you see that camels are running that fast?

What exactly is the camel's hump for?

The camel's hump cannot store water at all. If you cut it open, it is a pile of fat, which can theoretically be oxidized to water, but it requires a lot of oxygen.

Of course, this can be solved by the camel's breathing, so is this how camels convert fat into water? Actually, no.

Because camel breathing also takes a lot of water vapor from the lungs.

Although camels have a nasal structure that locks in a large amount of water, camels do not rely on this process to obtain water.

This is because the fat of the hump has a much greater use.

Camels can drink tens of liters of water at a time, stored in a water bladder in the rumen.

Because of the osmotic pressure, drinking large amounts of water at one time can cause a large amount of water to enter the cells and rupture leading to life-threatening conditions.

The special structure of the camel does not cause the whole problem; it is the camel's water storage mechanism.

No amount of camel water is too much for a camel. Because water consumption is so great in the desert, there is a saving of even more stored.

Camels have several dazzling water-saving abilities as follows.

1. The camel's kidney function is superb and its urine is extremely concentrated, almost pus.

2. The camel's feces is extremely dry and it doesn't waste a single ounce of water in its excrement!

3. The camel's body temperature reaches 41 degrees during the day, and it will only sweat as long as it is above this body temperature, so the camel hardly sweats.

So the camel can be extremely drought tolerant, and the fat it leaves in its hump is its energy reserve.

It can also survive for long periods without eating, just consuming the fat in its hump.

If you see a camel's hump dry out, it hasn't eaten enough for a long time.

And the camel makes thorough use of every bit of water, never wasting a drop.

The camel's keen sense of smell identifies water sources 20 kilometers away, giving it a much better chance of survival when crossing the desert than a human with a large bag of mineral water on his back.

This is how experts explain that camels do not need a strong ability to distinguish between various odors because there are not many odors to distinguish in the desert.

So it is not a problem that the camel has a low number of olfactory receptor genes.

It is stronger than a mouse and even stronger than a dog when it comes to smelling water and other green plants!

So you follow the camel to find water is reliable you do not believe how you can use your nose to find water?