Camels do not store water in their humps; they store fat. Camels can go for days without eating or drinking and they use energy-producing fat at times instead of water or food. One way they conserve is by having very dry droppings and concentrated urine. Camels do not sweat until the thermometer reaches 106 degrees Fahrenheit! An extremely thirsty camel can drink thirty gallons of water in thirteen minutes. Camels are well-equipped for the arid, dry desert.

There are only three types of camels in the whole wide world. The most common is the one-humped Arabian, which have been domesticated for thousands of long years. They are found in North Africa, Middle East, and Australia. The second species is the Bactrian.

Amazingly, they have two gigantic humps on their backs. They live in Central East Asia. The third species is the Wild Bactrian, which inhabits the remote Gobi Desert. Sadly, only one thousand Wild Bactrian camels remain. They are critically endangered. The three types of camels in the world are very interesting to research.