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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: paul.fr on 22/03/2007 23:59:12

Title: Camel
Post by: paul.fr on 22/03/2007 23:59:12

How long can a camel survive without water?

Title: Camel
Post by: WylieE on 23/03/2007 00:33:23

Quote from: paul.fr on 23/03/2007 00:00:29

Quote from: WylieE on 22/03/2007 23:40:14

Quote from: paul.fr on 22/03/2007 22:03:01

Quote from: neilep on 22/03/2007 13:25:30

As a firm believer in empirical study I think this calls for a Naked Scientist sponsored field trip to Greenland

how may of "us" will go? and will we get to see santa?

Paul, why don't you ask a good question that needs a field trip to someplace warm?

Just for you, Colleen.

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=6901.msg71896#new

Yay!  Australia hooooooo!   
I guess they can't go too long. . .
Provoked by Drought, Wild camels attack:
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn11379-australian-drought-provokes-wild-camel-rampage-.html

 Mmmm and I can get some Tim Tams and Milo

Colleen

Title: Camel
Post by: another_someone on 23/03/2007 00:42:48

There are animals capable of surviving without drinking water (simply by obtaining enough moisture from their food), but as far as I am aware a camel is not one of them.

All that a camel is capable of doing is dinking less frequently than many other animals, but when it does drink, it has to make up for lost time (i.e. it is capable of keeping larger stores of water than humans might - but ultimately the amount of water it has to drink in the long run is no less).