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- CAMELS - LLAMAS, KAMELE ,1894 Original Wood Engraving
CAMELS - LLAMAS, KAMELE ,1894 Original Wood Engraving
A camel is either of the two species of Camelid living in the serengeti. The camel is an 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 average life expectancy of a camel is 30 to 50 years. 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 Vicuña. The name camel comes via the Greek (káme-los) from the Arabic (jamal) or the Hebrew (gahmal), all meaning "camel". Bactrian camels have two coats: the warm inner coat of down and a rough outer coat which is long and hairy. They shed their fiber in clumps consisting of both coats and is normally gathered. They produce about 15 pounds (2 kg) of fiber annually. The fiber structure is similar to cashmere wool. The down is usually 1-3 inches (2 to 8 cm) long. Camel down does not felt easily. The down is spun into yarn for knitting. Humans first domesticated camels approximately 5,000 years ago. The Dromedary and the Bactrian Camel are both still used for milk (which is more nutritious than cow's milk), meat, and as beasts of burden—the Dromedary in western Asia; the Bactrian Camel further to the north and east in central Asia. (WIKIPEDIA) CAMELS INCLUDE: 1. AUCHENIA PACO 2. AUCHENIA LAMA 3. AUCHENIA VICUNNA 4. CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS 5. CAMELUS BACTRIANUS
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