Bactrian camel

 

  

The Life of Animals | Bactrian camel | The Bactrian camel is believed to have been domesticated (independently of the dromedary) sometime before 2500 BC, is believed likely in northern Iran, northeastern Afghanistan, or southwestern Turkestan The dromedary camel was, between 4000 BC and 2000 BC BC have been domesticated in Arabia. The wild population of Bactrian camels was pioneered by Nikolai Przhevalsky in the late 19 Century described.  Bactrian camels have in the center of the arts throughout history. In particular, it was found that a population of wild Bactrian camel lives in a part of the Gobi Gashun region of the Gobi Desert.

Another difference is the ability of wild camels to drink saltwater slush, although still not certain that the camel can extract useful water from it. Domesticated camels do not try to drink salt water, although the reason for this is unknown. The Bactrian camel was one of the top ten "focal species" in 2007 by the unusual and animal species (EDGE) project, the unique and endangered species identified priority for nature conservation.  The primary enemies of the wild Bactrian camels are wolves that hunt in order to havens for easy prey. A small captive population is maintained in Mongolia and China.

Vicuña

 

  

The Life of Animals | Vicuña | The vicuña is a delicate and graceful than the guanaco, and smaller. An essential element distinguishing feature of the morphology of the better-developed incisor roots for guanaco.Its long, woolly coat is tawny brown on the back, while the hair is white on the throat and chest and fairly long. The head is slightly shorter than the guanaco and the ears are a little longer. Vicuñas live exclusively in South America, especially in the central Andes. They are originally from Peru, north-west of Argentina, Bolivia and northern Chile, and there is a small, introduced population in central Ecuador. The rays of the sun are in a position to the thin atmosphere produces relatively warm temperatures to penetrate during the day, however, temperatures drop to freezing at night. The vicuña's thick but soft coat is a special adaptation, can tolerate the layers traps warm air close to his body to freezing temperatures. The behavior of the vicuña is similar to the guanaco.

Like the guanaco, they are frequently lick calcareous stones and rocks that are rich in salt, and drink is also salt water.  Vicuñas live in family-based groups of one male, taken 5-15 females and their young. Young males form bachelor groups and young women to join the search for a fraternity. Along with preventing intraspecific competition, it also prevents inbreeding, which has a population bottleneck in endangered species can cause as observed with cheetahs. The wool is renowned for its warmth. Its warming properties of the tiny scales that are on the hollow air filled fibers come. At the same time it is finer than any other wool in the world, measuring 12 microns in diameter  but because they are sensitive to chemical treatment, the wool is usually left in its natural color. During the time of the Incas, vicuna fiber is called by local efforts Chacu were assembled, where crowds of people herded hundreds of thousands of vicuña into previously defined funnel traps.

From June 2007, prices for vicuña yarns and fabrics of $ 1,800 to $ 3,000 per meter range. Vicuña fiber for clothing (including socks, sweaters, accessories, scarves, coats, suits and) and home fashion (such as blankets and throws) are used. A scarf costs about $ 1,500, while a man's coat cost up to $ 20,000. 

 

Camel

  

The Life of Animals | Camel | Camels are best known for their impressive water-storing humps that are prominent on the camels back. Camels are mainly found in the deserts of the Middle-East, and in some areas of eastern Asia. Camels are incredibly resilient to the desert climates and the arid conditions that would easily kill another animal. Camels also possess the incredible ability to lose nearly 40% of their body weight as water and be unharmed. Camels have been used for hundreds of years for transporting people and goods across the desert. Camels were also used in the transportation of silk along the first trade route from China to the Middle East in the middle ages.

The average camel tends to get to nearly 50 years old with a mature adult camel standing at around 2 meters tall. The water storing hump on the camels back can grow to a size of 75cm out of the camels body, when the camels hump is full of water. The camel is a surprisingly fast animal and has been known to run at speeds of 25mph for long periods of time. The camel is also able to run at speeds of up to 40mph for shorter periods of time.

Although the camel is native to the deserts of the Middle East, the camel can today be found in many other parts of the world with small populations of camels found in parts of Africa and South America, and there is also thought to be roughly 700,000 camels inhabiting the arid desert lands in Australia. These camels are thought to have moved such long distances as humans took the camels to these parts of the world to use for transportation, camel milk and camel meat.

Camels are incredibly adaptable mammals and are able to go for long periods of time without food or, more importantly, water but the camel is able to drink more than 100 litres of water at a time. The camel is also highly adaptable to temperature changes which is incredibly important in the desert lands. The desert is typically extremely hot during the day and temperatures can drop to nearly freezing when the sun goes down at night.