THE CAMEL
The camel goes without water for a long time. Some people think it stores water in its hump. This is not true, it stores food in its hump. The camel’s body changes the food into fat. Then it stores the fat in its hump. It cannot store the fat all over its body. Fat all over an animal’s body keeps the animal warm.
The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel of Central Asia has two humps. It also has long hair because the winters are cold in Central Asia.
There is a lot of sand in the desert. The camel has long eyelashes. The sand cannot go into the camel’s eyes
Arabic has about 150 words to describe a camel. Arabs need all these words because the camel is very important to them.