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TIL camel urine comes out as a thick syrup and they can drink a third of their bodyweight in water in 3 minutes and their blood cells are oval, not round, so they move better when dehydrated and you can breed them with llamas to get "camas"

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camels are fucking insane their bodies are basically entirely optimized to handle temperature extremes which is insane for mammals i am deeply impressed

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library.umac.mo/ebooks/b323757 camels in the deserts, camels in the steppes. camels in the lowlands, camels on the peaks; but never any camels on a beach. (real info: possibly the best travelogue ever)

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