Day 10

FEATURE 13
Camel waste is very dry. It makes great fuel for fires where wood is scarce. (2)






FEATURE 14
Interview Question: What is it like to ride a camel?

"They walked slowly yet very sure footed. It was very "rocky"...they "rocked" back and forth. We sat on a wooden "saddle" type thing that was over the camels hump and covered with a soft lambs wool and blankets. It had a large round wooden handle to hang on to. The camels were so tall we had to use a ladder to get on it's back. I remember they were very stinky animals. " (4)

Day 9

FEATURE 12
The camel's brain is kept cool by the blood flow that is first passed through the blood vessels of the its long nose. The camel's breathing in and out cools down the blood. (1)

Day 8

FEATURE 11
Camels' natural color is light brown, but they have been raised in colors from white to dark brown. (3)

Day 7

FEATURE 10
Dromedary camels have wooly fur. The fur helps keep them cool. A shaved camel gets a lot hotter than a furry one! (1)

Day 6

FEATURE 9
Camels' "spit" is a mixture of thrown-up food and saliva. Camels spit when they are upset. (3)

Day 5

FEATURE 8
Camels have 34 teeth. They are used for ripping and chewing tough foods - and for fighting.

(Camels "chew their cud." They regurgitate their food by bringing it back up from their stomach to their mouth and chewing it again. This allows the camel to digest plant materials other mammals cannot). (3)

Day 4

FEATURE 6
The camel has large, slit-like nostrils that it can close when it wants to keep blowing sand from entering its nose. (2)

FEATURE 7
A camel uses its thick split upper lip and long, tough tongue to pull leaves and pieces off thorny bushes without getting hurt. (3)