Flora and Fauna

 Camel

 

• ·         General Description   :

Camel is hoofed animals of the Camelus genus (one humped - Camelus dromedarius, the other double bodied - Camelus bactrianus) found living in deserts and deserts in Asia and North Africa. The average life expectancy of a camel is between 30 and 50 years.

Domestication of camels by humans has started since about 5,000 years ago. Utilization of camels, among others, to take milk (which has nutrients higher than cow's milk) and meat, and also used as animal workers.

• Scientific  Classification  :

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Camelidae
Tribe	Camelini
Genus	Camelus
Species	1. Camelus bactrianus 2  Camelus dromedarius 3. Camelus ferus

 

 Based on : Linnaeus, 1758

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• Life Cycle :

Camels are able to multiply by the time they are between three and four years old for women and five years old for men, when the dominant male herd has breeding rights with females. Both female and male camels come to heat during the mating season which usually takes place between November and March. After a long pregnancy period that can last up to thirteen months, the female gives birth to either a single calf or sometimes twins who can already weigh as much as 40kg at birth.

Within eight hours the young calf was able to stand and then be cared for by the mother in protection of the herd until it was large and strong enough to become self-sufficient. Young camels start eating grass when they are between two and three months old and weaned in about four months.

• Uniqueness :

1.      Camels have been specially designed for desert conditions.

2.      His legs have two interlocking fingers with flexible pads. The structure made of this thick sphere allows his feet to survive strongly on the ground.

3.      Camels have a Ponok as a food supply, camel pumok contains a lot of fat and provide nutrients periodically.

4.      The camel can live for 3 weeks without water, while it loses 33% of its body weight

5.      The camel's hair is composed of thick hair and feather that not only protects its body from heat, but also avoids losing its body water.

6.      Camel's eyelashes form two separate combs attached to each other. With this special form, though a small grain of sand will not fit into the eyes of the camel.

7.      Camels can consume 130 liters of water in almost 10 minutes.

8.      Camels have very strong lips like rubber that make it easy to eat thorns