1-Beauty Contests of Camels
You will be amazed to read about the beauty contests of camels. It is true that almost all of us consider camels ugly, gloomy and strange creatures on the earth, I think, no one like to use the word beauty for a camel. But in the United Arab Emirates, a splendid festival held every year, known as "Al-Dhafra Camel Festival", it is attended by thousands of spectators and millions of dollars are spent on the camels to attract the attention of Sheikhs.
2- World War Second And Camel Dung
Another very interesting and amazing fact about the camels is that the dung of the camels is used in the world war second in a very tricky manner. No doubt, during the world war, a great number of weapons, machine guns and hand grenades were used in that war. In that war, the droppings or dungs of the camel played an important role, German tank operators considered a good luck to drive over the piles of camel dungs.
3-Camel Wrestling
The third interesting fact about camel is their wrestling contests, it is really amazing to hear about the fighting and wrestling of this peaceful animal. Tulus is a famous wild camel breed, it is basically hybrid of Bactrian and the Dromedary, these camels are covered with brightly colored cloths, and given different crazy names. The government of Turkey has to face many problems because of conducting this sport but its popularity is increasing among the youth.
4-The Camel Mobile Library
You will be really surprised by reading such a crazy and amazing fact about the camel. In this the modern age of technology, camel is performing the holy duty of providing books to the poor students of Kenya. There is a very depressing situation in north-east Kenya, where more than eighty-five percent people can not read and write, they do not have enough money to spend on their education, that's why the service of "Camel Mobile Library" is started.
5-The Dangerous Camel Virus
On the number five, I will share with you a horrifying fact about camels, especially racing camels. In 2012, a dangerous virus, known as "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome" or shortly as "MERS", appeared for the first time in the Saudi Arabia and then has spread to many other Middle Eastern countries such as Jordan, Qatar and UAE. After so many experiments and research, it has proved that retired racing camels contain this virus and transfer it to their trainers.
6-The Milk of Camel
The sixth interesting and crazy fact is about the milk of the camels. It is true that the milk of camel might look gross but in actual it is really very amazing stuff because it is closer to human milk in its characteristics than any other milk. Moreover, it contains three times more Vitamin C and ten times more iron than the milk of cow, you can drink it without worrying about lactose.
7-The World’s Largest Meal
Among the great number of interesting facts about the camel, the fact about its meat is also included. Mostly people love to eat the meat of cows, chickens and others but a few ones like to eat the meat of camels. The idea of, eating the meat of such a huge and strange looking animal is somewhat irritating. But in the Middle East, it is eaten commonly and people love to eat the meat of its hump.
8-Camels Are Very Gregarious Animals
Another very interesting fact about camels is that they are very gregarious animals and they are well adapted to their environment. Everybody knows about it that camel is a very peaceful and useful animal, they can carry very heavy loads on their backs. Moreover, they can live with the human beings without creating any problems for them by exhibiting their aggression They are very social animals and can be trained for different contests.
9-The Desert Ships
The ninth most important and interesting fact about camels is that they are no doubt rightly called the "desert ships". Because they can carry very heavy loads on their backs very easily, and can bear large temperature differences and sand storms very strongly, they even can swim whenever they encounter the water and can resist even seventeen days without drinking water.
In the last, I will share with you some interesting and amazing facts about the humps of the camels. It is common misconception about camels that, they store a large reserve of water in their humps, that's why they can easily live even seventeen days without drinking a drop of water, in fact, it is not water in its humps but it is a reserve of fatty tissue, moreover, the meat of humps is considered very tasty.
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