Do You Know the Difference?
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
July 11, 2017 9:40am CST
Some camels have one hump and some have two humps. Do you know the difference?
Where do these camels live?
The one-humped camel, the Arabian or dromedary camel, lives in North Africa and the Mideast but the two-humped camel, the Bactrian camel, which has longer hair, lives in central Asia.
I always get them mixed up.
Camels are interesting animals that I really don’t know much about. I do know that they don't store water in their humps. They store fat there.
Have you ever ridden on a camel?
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
11 Jul 17
AH! Do you know the difference in the Indian and Asian elephant? Which one is which?
@ManoleAlexandra (70)
• Romania
12 Jul 17
I did not know about the fat in their humps. Until I was little the people around me told that they store water for long distances...interesting thing. Thank you!
And about riding...I have never done this yet, but it is a point on my "to do things in life". Until now I am happy that I had the opportunity to just see and touch a real one.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
12 Jul 17
"To do things in life" list is what I call my "Bucket List" Have you even seen that movie? A "Bucket List" is a list of things you want to do before you die. I still have a few things on my bucket list. One is to take a hot air balloon ride.
I have traveled quite a bit and I have visited many places, but there are STILL many things that I would like to do and places that I would like to go, but probably won't be able to, now that I've reached old age.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
12 Jul 17
@ManoleAlexandra There have been some hot air balloon crashes and so I am a bit afraid of doing it, but I just want a short ride, so maybe I can find one like that. I hope that you will be safe if you decide to take a hot air balloon ride.
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@ManoleAlexandra (70)
• Romania
12 Jul 17
@IreneVincent To take a hot air balloon ride is one of my wishes, too and I will try to do this this summer...I hope that I will and you will, too. I think that if we really want something, the universe will work for us.
And about that movie, I did not see it yet, but it sounds interesting.
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@LeaPea2417 (36731)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Jul 17
That is interesting , I didn't know that, I learned something new today. No, I have never even seen one live, only seen them in pictures.
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@JohnRoberts (109848)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Jul 17
I have not. Did you Australia has a problem with rogue camels? They were imported in and turned loose once of no use and now they breed out of control and destroying huge tracts of natural terrain.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
11 Jul 17
Yes, I have heard about those rogue camels in Australia. Sort of like the rogue donkeys in the Grand Canyon.
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