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In the wild a camel typically
drinks 40 to 50 litres of water a day. A thirsty camel can drink
200 litres in a single day!
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The species has two
humps - stores of fatty tissue which it can draw on as a reserve
supply of food. To withstand the harsh conditions of the Gobi desert
- where the wild population is now under threat, the animal has
also evolved long eyelashes and muscular nostrils which can be closed
to keep out sand and dust.
Its wool coat, which
is shed in the summer, acts as an insulator in the winter. An adult
male camel can give up to 18kg of wool per year.
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