News tagged with camel
Restaurants plan DNA-certified premium seafood
(AP) -- Restaurants around the world will soon use new DNA technology to assure patrons they are being served the genuine fish fillet or caviar they ordered, rather than inferior substitutes, an expert in genetic identification ...
Nov 27, 2011 |
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Saudi, China scientists decode camel DNA
Scientists from Saudi Arabia and China said on Wednesday that they had completed mapping the genome of the Arabian camel.
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Study shows how camels keep their cool
(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ research has found when it comes to camels, staying cool may be the key to reproductive success.
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Dubai claims world's first cloned camel
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday claimed its own version of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, after the birth of a cloned camel in Dubai this month.
Apr 14, 2009 |
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UF scientists name new ancient camels from Panama Canal excavation
The discovery of two new extinct camel species by University of Florida scientists sheds new light on the history of the tropics, a region containing more than half the world's biodiversity and some of its most important ...
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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Taking the heat: Asian elephants simply 'ride out' high daytime heat load
Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna's Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology have discovered the mechanism by which Asian elephants are able to tolerate hot daytime temperatures. Their results are ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Wind of change: Aussie 'farting camels' cull under attack
The world's association of camel scientists fought back angrily on Monday over Australian plans to kill wild dromedaries on the grounds that their flatulence adds to global warming.
Jul 04, 2011 |
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'Kill a camel' to cut pollution concept in Australia
Australia is considering awarding carbon credits for killing feral camels as a way to tackle climate change.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Camel-crazy UAE pioneers cutting-edge breeding technology
Cutting-edge camel breeding technology, including embryo transfers and cloning, is being pioneered in the United Arab Emirates to reproduce the prized desert beasts that now fetch staggering sums.
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Researchers find fossils of new type of European camel
Spanish researchers said Monday they have discovered evidence of a previously unknown type of camel which lived in Europe six million years ago.
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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Culture not genes drives humans forward
Evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading Professor Mark Pagel argues that our cultural influences are more important to our success as a species than our genes in his new book published this week.
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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Catching camels in the Gobi
In Oct. 2011 Professor Chris Walzer and Dr. Gabrielle Stalder, veterinary scientists at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology at the Veterinary Science University, Vienna, successfully attached GPS satellite collars ...
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Invading camels to be shot in Australian town
(AP) -- Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating ...
Nov 26, 2009 |
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Video: Solar power cools camel-transported vaccines on treks to remote areas
Video: Professor Winston (Wolé) Soboyejo discusses his camel solar refrigerator project, which may improve vaccine delivery in remote areas of Kenya and Ethiopia.
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Camel
A camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as humps on its back. There are two species of camels: the dromedary or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the bactrian has two humps. Dromedaries are native to the dry desert areas of West Asia, and Bactrian camels are native to Central and East Asia. Both species are domesticated; they provide milk and meat, and are working animals.
The term camel (from the Arabic جمل, ǧml, derived from the triconsonantal root signifying "beauty") is also used more broadly to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: the llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña.
The average life expectancy of a camel is 40 to 50 years. A fully grown adult camel stands 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) at the shoulder and 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)[clarification needed] at the hump. The hump rises about 30 in (76.20 cm) out of its body. Camels can run at up to 65 km/h (40 mph) in short bursts and sustain speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph).
Fossil evidence indicates that the ancestors of modern camels evolved in North America during the Palaeogene period (see also Camelops), and later spread to most parts of Asia. The people of ancient Somalia or the Kingdom of Punt first domesticated camels well before 2000 BC.
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