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camel

camel (kàm´el) noun
1. A humped, long-necked ruminant mammal of the genus Camelus, domesticated in Old World desert regions as a beast of burden and as a source of wool, milk, and meat.
2. A device used to raise sunken objects, consisting of a hollow structure that is submerged, attached tightly to the object, and pumped free of water. Also called caisson.
3. Sports. A spin in figure skating that is performed in an arabesque or modified arabesque position.
[Middle English, from Old English and from Anglo-Norman cameil, both from Latin camêlus, from Greek kamêlos, of Semitic origin.]

camel

camel (kàm´el), hoofed ruminant (family Camelidae). The family consists of the true camels of Asia, the wild guanaco and domesticated ALPACA and LLAMA of South America, and the vicuña of South America. The two species of true camel are the single-humped Arabian camel, or dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), a domesticated animal of Arabia and N Africa; and the two-humped Bactrian camel (C. bactrianus) of central Asia. Their humps are storage places for fat. Ranging in color from dirty white to dark brown, camels are well adapted for desert life and can go without water for several days.

• A camel's hump is a big mound of fat, not water.
• Camel's milk does not curdle.
• A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
• It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
• The Bactrian camel is the only mammal on Earth that can survive on salt water.
• 1864 - The first camel race in America was held - in Sacramento, California.
• Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
• Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.

• Egypt
• Camel cigarettes
• track _Camels_ MP3 by Shri
• lo fi indie rock track _Needles In The Camel's Eyes_ MP3 by Elf Power off of _When The Red King Comes_ on Arena Rock (1997)

• track _Needle In The Camel's Eye_ MP3 (192k) by Brian Eno off of _Here Come The Warm Jets_ (1973)
• trip hop/turntablist track _Camel Bobsled Race_ MP3 (24:01) by DJ Shadow/DJ QBert (1998)
• track _Camel Abuse Does Not Egzist In Mogadisu_ MP3 by Muslimgauze off of _Fatah Guerrilla_ CDx3 on Staalplaat #009 (1996)
• goth track _Lunar Camel_ MP3 (192k) by Siouxsie & The Banshees off of _Kaleidoscope_ 12" (1980)
  
• ethnic tribal noise track _Camel Bag_ MP3 (160k) by Muslimgauze off of _Azad_ CD on Staalplaat #022 (1999)
  • includes insert cut from Arab newspapers with the Muslimgauze text cutout (every cover is therefore different), embossed jewel case (back & front), numbered limited edition of 925 (it was to be 1000 but 75 were destroyed at the pressing plant while they were being put together), approximately 600-650 of these include paper currency from an Arab/Muslim country (not necessarily the first 600-650)
• track _Came's Bag_ MP3 (160k) by Muslimgauze off of _Azad_ CD on Staalplaat #022 (1999)
• neo psychedelia track _The Train Runs Over The Camel But Is Derailed By The Gnat_ MP3 (192k) by The Flaming Lips off of _Zaireeka_ CDx4 (1997)
• all four cd's can be played in any combination with one another simulataneously  on separate players for a new listening experience each time.
• track _Orange Camel Sherbert_ MP3 (192k) by Muslimgauze off of _Jebel Tariq_ full length MP3 (internet only release) on Staalplaat/Pretentious (2000)
• jazz rock track _Camel's Gak_ MP3 by Phantom Tollbooth
  • Phantom Tollbooth has membership affiliations with Yo La Tengo, Bongwater, B.A.L.L., & King Missile
• 604 track _Follow That Camel!_ MP3 (320k)by Eat Static off of _In The Nude!_ on Mesmobeat (2001)

A camel is either of the two species of large odd-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus, the Dromedary and the Bactrian Camel. Both are native to the dry and desert areas of Asia and northern Africa. The name camel comes from the Hebrew gamal, "to repay" or "requite", as the camel does the care of its master.

The term camel 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: Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco and Vicuna.

* Family Camelidae
o Genus Lama: Llama, Alpaca, and Guaaco
o Genus Vicugna: Vicuna
o Genus Camelus
+ Dromedary, Camelus dromedarius
+ Bactrian Camel, Camelus bactrianus

Humans first domesticated camels many thousands of years ago. The Dromedary and the Bactrian Camel are both still used for milk and as beasts of burden—the Dromedary in northern Africa and western Asia; the Bactrian Camel further to the north and east in central Asia.

Although there are almost 13 million Dromedaries alive today, the species is extinct in the wild: all bar a handful are domesticated animals (mostly in Sudan, Somalia, India and nearby countries). There is, however, a substantial feral population of about 200,000 in central Australia, descended from individuals that escaped from captivity in the late 19th century.

The Bactrian Camel once had an enormous range, but is now reduced to an estimated 1.4 million animals, mostly domesticated. It is thought that there are about 1000 wild Bactrian Camels in the Gobi Desert, and small numbers in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Russia.

Jeff Minter aka "Yak" - Owner of Llamasoft and author of such videogame anomalies as _Attack Of The Mutant Camels_...he likes strange furry mammals...

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