Why is the "Desert Boat" it? Quietly tell you a little bit of knowledge

When it comes to camels, one word that comes to mind is the desert boat. It is well known that the desert environment is very harsh, the climate is dry, and there is a lack of water resources, but camels are particularly resistant to hunger and thirst. People can ride camels across the desert, it is docile, not afraid of wind and sand, good at walking the desert, recognized by the world as a desert boat, is an indispensable means of transportation in the desert area. And it is a peculiar animal, because it synthesizes some of the physiological characteristics of the zodiac, rat ears, ox ridges, tiger claws, rabbit lips, dragon neck, snake eyes, horse manes, sheep breasts, monkey peaks, chicken phoenixes, dog heels, pig tails, known as "whole beasts", so some people say that camels have excellent life genes for all other animals.

Because of the long-term life in the desert, so its body function has a series of adaptability, the camel can endure hunger and thirst, every time you drink enough water, you can not drink water for several days, you can still move in hot desert areas, nostrils can open and close, with thick protective eyelids, hairy ear holes, can block the invasion of wind and sand. Because they have a lot of very thin and tortuous pipes in the nose, usually the pipe is wet with liquid, when the body is dehydrated, the pipe immediately stops secreting liquid, and forms a layer of crusty skin on the surface of the pipe, so that it absorbs the exhaled water without losing the body. When inhaling, the water in the crusty can be sent back to the body, and the water is used repeatedly in the body, so it can withstand thirst.

It has a thick skin of meat pads, can withstand the high temperature of 70-80 ° C, suitable for walking in the desert, and has 10cm long brown fluff, which can be used to resist cold in winter. Summer fluff and skin between the formation of a cooling gap, can prevent high temperature radiation, back has a meat peak, which stores fat, the stomach has three chambers, the first stomach chamber has 20 to 30 water, can store water, red blood cells can be greatly expanded to absorb water to store water, so hunger and thirst, can not eat or drink for many days, once encountered water weeds, you can drink a lot of water storage.