Camels, Camels, Camels

[deringer]

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[gemfyre]

Dromedary camels are no longer wild at all in their native Arabia. However, wild feral populations exist in the Australian desert. :)

A camel "ate" my uncle's arm once. It was at a safari park and he was feeding it and it got overenthusiastic. His arm was fine once he extracted it from the camel's oesophagus, just covered in camel spit and slime. Ew.

[deringer]

Yeah, they were released in Australia, I think after WW1. They're still considered a domesticated animal - if you capture one from the wild, they're very easy to break and train, if you're a camel trainer. :)

[panzers]

How did B-B-B-Bactrian and D-D-D-Dromedary end up with different humps? Was it breeding or just an evolutionary deviation?

[deringer]

They're different species, but as far as anyone can tell they were domesticated at about the same time....but completely independently.

[rime_r]

*mind blown at B --> 2 humps, D ---> one hump thing*

[new_shit]

I want a video of that! Ew indeed.