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THE HUMP AS A STOCK OF FOOD:
• The hump of the camel, which is in the form of a mass
of fats, provides nutriment to the animal periodically in
times of dearth and starvation. With this system, the
animal can live up to three weeks without water during
which it loses 33% of its weight. Under the same cir-
cumstances, a human being would lose 8% of his we-
ight and die within 36 hours, completely losing the
water in his body.

HEAT INSULATING WOOL:
• This wool consists of thick and
matted hair that not only pro-
tects the body of the animal
against freezing and burning
weather conditions, but also
eliminates water loss from the
body. The Dromedary camel can
delay perspiration by increasing
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its body temperature to 41 C. In
this way, it prevents water loss.
• With their thick wool, camels
in Asia can survive temperatures
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up to +50 C in summer and
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down to -50 C in winter.

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