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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

the Qur'an, "Have they not looked at the camel – how it was cre-
ated?". You will find below some striking information about the
animal that Allah called us to think on, in the Qur'an:
1. Extraordinary Resistance to thirst and hunger: Camels
can live without food or water for 8 days in 50°C temperatures.
In this period, it loses 22% of its total body weight. While a man
will be near death if he loses body water equivalent to about 12%
of his body weight, a lean camel can survive losing body water
equivalent to 40% of its body weight. Another reason for its re-
sistance to thirst is a mechanism that enables the camel to in-
crease its internal temperature to 41°C. As such, the animal keeps
water loss to a minimum in the extreme hot climates of the desert
daytime. The camel can also reduce its internal body tempera-
ture to 30°C in the cool desert nights.
2. Improved water utilization unit: In a mere 10 minutes,
camels can consume 130 liters of water, which is around one
third of their body weight. Camels also have a curvy mucus
structure in their nose that has a 100 times larger area than the
human's nose. With this structure, camels can have the benefit of
about 66% of the moisture in the air.
3. Maximum benefit from food and water: Most animals
die when the accumulated urea in their bodies mixes with the
blood in the circulatory system. Yet, camels use this urea by pass-
ing it through the liver continuously and thus make the maxi-
mum use of water and nutrients.
Both the blood and the cell structures of the camel are spe-
cialised in order to enable this animal to survive for long periods
without water in desert conditions. The cell walls of the animal

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