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Camels are specially adapted for life in the desert. Their body shape and physiology has adapted to suit the harsh environment. Over thousands and thousands of years, the environment has put extreme selection pressures on camels, and...\n
Camels are specially adapted for life in the desert. Their body shape and physiology has adapted to suit the harsh environment. Over thousands and thousands of years, the environment has put extreme selection pressures on camels, and they have adapted accordingly to the animal that we see today. 00:00:05,350 -- 00:00:09,379 camels are very well adapted to live in 00:00:07,580 -- 00:00:12,200 the desert which is hot and dry during 00:00:09,379 -- 00:00:13,850 the day but cold at night. They have 00:00:12,200 --00:00:15,920 adapted thick fur on the top of their 00:00:13,850 -- 00:00:19,070 body for shade but thin fur everywhere 00:00:15,920 -- 00:00:21,680 else to maximize heat loss. A large 00:00:19,070 -- 00:00:23,540 surface area to volume ratio also helps 00:00:21,680 -- 00:00:26,450 to keep them cool because he has more 00:00:23,540 -- 00:00:28,280 places to escape from but camels have 00:00:26,450 -- 00:00:31,760 adapted to tolerate body temperatures of 00:00:28,280 -- 00:00:33,140 up to 42 degrees Celsius. It's actually a 00:00:31,760 -- 00:00:35,120 myth that camels can store water in 00:00:33,140 -- 00:00:36,739 their humps but they can go for a very 00:00:35,120 -- 00:00:39,199 long time without drinking water and 00:00:36,739 -- 00:00:42,379 they can drink up to 46 liters in one 00:00:39,199 -- 00:00:44,479 session. They lose very little water 00:00:42,379 -- 00:00:45,769 through perspiration because their body 00:00:44,479 --00:00:48,649 temperature changes throughout the day 00:00:45,769 -- 00:00:49,909 so there is no need to perspire. They 00:00:48,649 -- 00:00:51,469 also leave very little through 00:00:49,909 -- 00:00:54,559 urination because their kidneys 00:00:51,469 -- 00:00:56,690 concentrate urine. Their hump is actually 00:00:54,559 -- 00:00:58,850 faster which can be respited to release 00:00:56,690 -- 00:01:02,359 water and this allows them to go a long 00:00:58,850 -- 00:01:03,949 time without food which is scarce. Camels 00:01:02,359 -- 00:01:05,540 have adapted to have very large flat 00:01:03,949 -- 00:01:07,909 feet to spread their weight on the sand 00:01:05,540 -- 00:01:10,579 and skin between their toes helps to 00:01:07,909 -- 00:01:12,649 stop them sinking they also have two 00:01:10,579 -- 00:01:14,149 sets of eyelashes and large slit light 00:01:12,649 -- 00:01:16,509 nostrils to keep the sand away from 00:01:14,149 -- 00:01:16,509 their face. SUBSCRIBE to the FuseSchool YouTube channel for many more educational videos. Our teachers and animators come together to make fun & easy-to-understand videos in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Maths & ICT. JOIN our platform at www.fuseschool.org These videos can be used in a flipped classroom model or as a revision aid. Find our other Biology videos here Twitter Access a deeper Learning Experience in the FuseSchool platform and app: www.fuseschool.org Follow us Friend us This Open Educational Resource is free of charge, under a Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC ( View License Deed ). You are allowed to download the video for nonprofit, educational use. If you would like to modify the video, please contact us: info@fuseschool.org\n
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