While the number of dromedaries is increasing each year, the amount of Bactrian camels is getting lower and lower. Often made from camel wool are sweaters, hats, scarves, gloves, back support belts…Ī female camel carries her child for 13 months, and gives birth once every two years. Clothes made of camel wool are very resistant, light and keep warmth very well. Camel milk is used in numerous products, such as Mongolian tea and milk ( suutei tsai), fermented milk ( airak), ‘thinned’ milk ( khoormog), curd ( aarts), dried curd ( aaruul)… Camel milk is also known for its curative qualities, and can be an excellent nutrition for newborns. The Mongols use the camel’s meat, milk and wool. For centuries, the camel has been serving as transport means for the Mongol nomads, carrying the yurts, furniture and accessories on their backs during the seasonal moving. In the summer it can go 2 to 3 days without food or drink, and in the winter, it can resist up to a week.
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It is able to locate watering holes in the desert. The camel has a three-compartmented stomach and can gulp down 40 to 50 liters of water at one drink. The camel’s nostrils can open and close, its ears are covered with long protecting hairs, its eyelids have two sets of eyelashes which serve as an airtight seal protecting from dust and sand when the eyes are shut.
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Its bust, knees and Achilles’ tendons are covered with hard thick skin that protects them from the desert heat and cold when lying down. The camel’s large toes ease his walking on the sand and loose soil where hundreds of rapids flow. Its oral cavity, tongue and palate are covered with taste buds these help eat salty and prickly plants of the desert. Its body is well adapted to the different temperatures of the country. The Bactrian camel is a plant eater: it eats grass, leaves and grains.
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The Bactrian camel ( Camelus bactrianus) is a domestic camel with two humps, mostly found in the Gobi desert and semi-deserted areas in Mongolia. There is a saying in Mongolia that goes: “When you’re riding a camel, the sun is closer” (in mgl: Temeen deerees naran oirkhon), it emphasizes the height of the camel, which can reach up to 2 meters, humps included.