camels are even-toed ungulates within the genus camelus. the dromedary, one-humped or arabian camel has a single hump and is well known for its healthy low fat milk, and the bactrian camel has two humps. they are native to the dry desert areas of western asia, and central and east asia, respectively.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, the llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicu��a.the average life expectancy of a camel is 40 to 50 years. a fully grown adult camel stands 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) at the shoulder and 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) at the hump. the hump rises about 30 inches (75 cm) out of its body. camels can run up to 65 km/h (40 mph) in short bursts and sustain speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph).fossil evidence indicates that the ancestors of modern camels evolved in north america during the palaeogene period, and later spread to most parts of asia. humans first domesticated camels before 2000 bc.[1][2] the dromedary and the bactrian camel are both still used for milk, meat, and as beasts of burden—the dromedary in western asia and in africa north of the sub-saharan savannahs, and the bactrian camel further to the north and east in central asia.
篇二：骆驼也卖萌they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this family sharing it with their pet camel is a no-brainer.
joe, a six-year-old bactrian camel visits the anderson-dixon family's home every morning, and enjoys munching his way through carrots and bananas on the breakfast table.
while nathan, 34 and wife charlotte, 31, who live on a farm in staffordshire attempt to have a nice civilised breakfast with their two sons, reuben, 3 and beau, 2, the family barely have the chance to sit down before joe pokes his head through the window and helps himself.
joe, who stands at 5.83 feet is not particularly picky and will happily chow down on bread, cereal and fruit, but does turn his nose up at cheese.
although joe lives with three other female camels, he is the only one lucky enough to share breakfast w ith his owners.
the others have to eat hay, barley, straw and corn mix in their stable.
mr anderson-dixon, said: 'the first time joe joined us for breakfast he was uninvited.'he leaned in and rudely helped himself to the fruit bowl. but i wasn’t surprised because he’s very good at persuading all the other animals to give him their food too.’
'now he comes over whenever he feels like it and hovers around in anticipation.he is eating us out of house and home, but we can’t get angry at him. he is like a big soft giant teddy bear and has become part of the family.'
