Animal: Camel

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To the people of the East, the camel has for centuries been meat, war steed, baggage animal and a vessel capable of carrying man across the ocean of a sun-scorched sand.

Camel can march for days through the sun-scorched golden sand without drinking although it is fond of water like a thirsty man. The water is stored in the tissues all over its body and is used as needed.

After some days of marching through the golden sand, the camel is parched and shrunken. The camel takes salt which helps the body tissues to store water.

The hump on the camel's back is almost all fat. Water is produced when the fat is used up.