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Camels are two species of cloven-hoofed animals from the genus Camelus (one single humped - Camelus dromedarius, one double humped - Camelus bactrianus) whose life is found in arid and desert regions in Asia and North Africa. The average life expectancy of a camel is between 30 to 50 years.
Camel domestication by humans began approximately 5,000 years ago. Utilization among others to be taken camel milk (which has a higher nutritional value than cow's milk) and meat, and also used as a work animal.

Adaptation ability Ecology Camel.

As you know, camels live in the desert that has a range of air temperatures that kill the majority of living things. In addition, they are able to not eat or drink for several days.
There are many things that make them able to adapt. One of them is his hump. Many people thought his hump save water, but it is not. Special camel hump stores fat, which at some point can be converted into water with the aid of oxygen respiration results. One gram of fat in a camel's hump can be converted into one gram of water.
Other adaptability is incredible, his respiratory system leaving little trace of moisture. water vapor out of the lungs is reabsorbed by the body through special cells located in the nose inside, forming crystals and can be retrieved at any time.
Camel's body can last up to a temperature of 41 degrees Celsius. Moreover, camel began to sweat. Evaporation of sweat that occurs only on the skin, not the hair. By way of efficient cooling, camels able to save quite a lot of water.
Camels can survive the mass loss of about 20% -25% during sweating. The majority of living things can only last until the mass loss of about 3% -4% before heart failure occurs due to thickening of blood. Although camel lost a lot of body fluids, blood remains hydrated, to the limit of 25% is reached.
There are many things why the camel blood curdling the blood condition in which the majority of living beings has thickened. Camel red blood cells are oval, not round like the other living creatures. Camels also have immune system is quite unique. All mammals have Y-shaped antibody with two long chain along the Y with two short chain at each end of the Y, but camel has only two long chain that makes a smaller form, thereby reducing the possibility of blood will coagulate.
Kidney and intestine they are very efficient in filtering the water. Very condensed form their urine and their droppings are very dry so it can be directly burned when removed.

Distribution Camel.

Arabian camel (dromedary) live in the northern Africa and the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. The amount is currently about 14 million head. In North Africa, Arabian camel was instrumental for some countries, such as Somalia and Ethiopia. There used camel milk.
Bactrian camels live in the Gobi Desert region of China, Mongolia and Australia. Bactrian camels currently numbers about 1.4 million decline due to various factors, one of which mass killings of camels in Australia. Camel is considered a contributor to greenhouse gases and is considered to be the culprit of global warming.

Camel milk.

Camel milk is produced from camel's milk. Camel milk has become a cultural and supporting nomadic Bedouins living in the middle east region since a thousand years ago. Camel milk is a staple food Bedouins. The camel herders can live with just drinking camel milk when herding camels in time and long distances to find grazing locations in the desert.
Camel farm be an alternative to milk production in arid regions where ruminants and horses need a lot of water can not live. Camel camel farm cultivating varieties that have adapted well in dry regions, which can live by eating salty plants in arid regions. Camel milk is produced mostly subsistence, although this time has developed from camel milk farms were developed in free range.
Bedouin tribes believe that camel's milk has the property to cure various diseases.

Nutritional content.

Camel milk contains vitamins, minerals, and imunoglobin high. But like other milk-producing animals, camel milk composition depends on the species of camels and food. Bactrian camels produce milk with more fat content than dromedari camel milk, but in volume, camel dromedari produce more milk.
Camel milk contains lactose 4:46 grams per 100 grams of milk, which is lower than cow's milk which has a 5:26 grams per 100 grams. The content of various minerals such as potassium, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, sodium, and zinc is higher in camel milk than in cow's milk. Fat and protein content is also higher than cow milk.

Results and processing.

Camel Pakistan and Afghanistan is able to produce up to 30 liters of milk per day. Dromedari camel produces an average of 20 liters of milk per day, and the Bactrian camel produce 5 liters per day.
Camel milk is more difficult to be a cheese compared to milk from other animals. Camel milk is not coagulated with rennet usual easy and not able to effectively coagulate. In the nomadic community, the cheese is produced by spontaneously fermented with lactic acid bacteria to obtain curd. Rashaida tribe in Sudan using this method to store excess milk production; dry curd to be consumed crushed and mixed with water.

Wonders of Camels.

The desert is a terrain that is very hard for living creatures, the heat was overpowering in the desert quite deadly to plants, animals, humans and animals, not many animals are able to survive there, even if there were able to survive only a handful of insects, reptiles and some other small animals. However, there is one special mammals are able to survive in its harsh and the heat of the desert that "CAMEL"

For centuries have helped people live camel in the desert, and has become a symbol of life there. God has created the camel specifically with various privileges to be able to survive in the environment are very limited.

In the world there are only two types of camel, the camel hump two (Camelus bactrianus) is commonly called camel Bactria, the second is the camel hump one (Camelus dromedarius) is commonly called the camel Arab, the main difference of the two animals are: camel Bactrian have two hump on his back, while the Arabian camels with only one hump on its back.

The camel has a body structure that allows it to adapt easily in the desert, the size of the head of the camel is not too great with the muzzle slim and neck are quite long with a curved shape, they have two big eyes complete with two rows eyelash, ears small covered by fur alone, another feature of the camel is he can cover the nostrils and mouth clenched tight, this allows the camel to survive when a sandstorm comes.

Body Camel Bactrian covered with hair dark brown to beige and shaped shaggy, the hair will grow fast in the winter and will fall as temperature increases, the hair is longer grow around the neck so as to form such a beard, while the camel Arab has brown hair caramel, camel hair on Arab longer around the neck, shoulders and hump.

Camel's foot as it's been specially designed so that it can support the weight of his body from sinking into the sand, her legs were very display allows to keep the body from the sting of sand can burn the body.

Camel Bactrian active during the day and generally live solitary (alone) or in a small group that only five of the tail, while the camel Arabs live in groups between 2-20 tails, consisting of camel male, some female camels and camel young, camel males will keep the camel of disruption male camels instead of his group.

Camel including herbivorous animals, food, among others, leaves, bark, twigs, seeds, and fruits. In extreme conditions camel can eat plants that have been dry even sharp thorns, because they have a very strong lip and is like rubber. Humped animals is also equipped with a digestive system that has been created in accordance with the difficult conditions, the stomach has a special design that is strong enough to digest almost all plants in the desert.

While foraging camel pleased to venture into a large area and only eat a small portion of the leaves on the plant, feeding habits makes the camel is not easy to contract the disease poison from the plant, the camel also includes a group of animals ruminasia or ruminant animals time 8-12 hours a day to chew food.

A camel's hump is not used to store water but the high fat content are used in the process of metabolism to produce energy, each hump having fat around 36 kg, while the camel born hump of her just a leather pouch empty flexible, but as he grows to form fat tissue specific in his hump to hump begins to form.
In the wild camels have no predators, the main factor that threatens the animal population in the habitat this one is a man who prefers to use meat, milk, hair and skin. Thank you for reading this article.
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DatePublished: August 27, 2015 at 10:34