CAMEL

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Camel

''Camelus bactrianus''
''Camelus dromedarius'' A camel is either of the two species of large even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'', the Dromedary (Single hump) and the Bactrian Camel (Double hump). Both are native to the dry and desert areas of Asia and northern Africa. The name ''camel'' comes via the Greek (language) ''kamelos'' from the Hebrew (language) ''gamal'', "camel". The term ''camel'' is also used more broadly, to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco and Vicuna. For an overview of the camel family, see camelid. For more information on the two true camels, see Dromedary and Bactrian Camel. * Family Camelidae ** Genus ''Lama'': ***Llama ''Lama glama'' ****Alpaca ''Lama glama pacos'' ***Guanaco ''Lama guanicoe'' ** Genus ''Vicugna'': ***Vicuna ''Vicugna vicugna'' ** '''Genus ''Camelus''''' *** Dromedary, ''Camelus dromedarius'' *** Bactrian Camel, ''Camelus bactrianus'' Camels are well known for their humps. They do not store water in them as is commonly believed. Their humps are a reservoir of fatty tissue, while water is stored in their blood. This allows them to survive days on end without food and water. Humans first domesticated camels many thousands of years ago. The Dromedary and the Bactrian Camel are both still used for milk, meat, and as beasts of burden—the Dromedary in northern Africa and western Asia; the Bactrian Camel further to the north and east in central Asia. Although there are almost 13 million Dromedaries alive today, the species is extinct in the wild: all but a handful are domesticated animals (mostly in Sudan, Somalia, India and nearby countries). There is, however, a substantial feral population estimated at 700,000 in central Australia, descended from individuals that escaped from captivity in the late 19th century. This population is growing at approximately 11% per year and in recent times the Southern Australian state government has decided to cull the animals using aerial marksmen, the reason being that the camels use too much of the limited resources needed by sheep farmers. The Bactrian Camel once had an enormous range, but is now reduced to an estimated 1.4 million animals, mostly domesticated. It is thought that there are about 1000 wild Bactrian Camels in the Gobi Desert, and small numbers in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Russia. A small population of introduced camels, Dromedaries and Bactrians, survived in the Southwest United States until the early 1900s. These animals, imported from Turkey, were part of the US Camel Corps experiment and used as draft animals in mines, and escaped or were released after the project fell through. Camelids Livestock

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==Etymology== ''The name camel comes from the Hebrew gamal, "to repay" or "requite", as the camel does the care of its master.'' I don't understand what the last part of this sentence is trying to convey. --User:Danny Rathjens 05:14, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC) * I've rewritten that bit. User:Kappa 18:20, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC) Isn't the association of the Hebrew word ''gamal'' (meaning "camel") with the Hebrew root GML (meaning "to repay") more than a little speculative? It could be simple coincidence. I'm removing that part of the sentence, if you don't mind. —User:Simetrical 20:30, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC) ==Contradiction== Why does this article say there are at least 500,000 feral in Australia while dromedary puts the number at only 32,000? - User:SimonP 23:32, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC) The latest estimate from the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission is 700,000. See http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1344199.htm for details. User:Tannin 21:27, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Area of origin == This page states that camels are "''native to the dry and desert areas of Asia and northern Africa''" But the "African Slave Trade" page says: ''the transportation of large numbers of slaves did not become viable until camels were introduced from Arabia in the 10th century'' The second page seems little more authoritative in that respect... Can anyone shed some light?

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Camellia_Bowl
Camellia_japonica
Camellia_railway_station,_Sydney
Camellia_Sinensis
Camellia_sinensis
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Camelot_3000
Camelot_Group
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Camelus_dromedarius
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Camel_(disambiguation)
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Camel_Bobsled_Race
Camel_book
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