Camel cavalry
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Camel cavalry, or camelry, is a generic designation for armed forces using camels as a means of transportation. Sometimes warriors or soldiers of this type also fought from camel-back with spears, bow
Ottoman camel corps at Beersheba during the First Suez Offensive of World War I, 1915.
A Purbiya camel rider in Bihar, India in 1825.
Shaffron (head defense) for a camel (Turkey, possibly 17th century).
Bedouin soldiers of the Ikhwan army in the Arabian peninsula.
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A camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food and te
Camel cavalry
…Camel cavalry, or camelry (French: méharistes, pronounced ), is a generic designation for armed forces using camels as a means of transportation. Sometimes warriors or soldiers of this type also fought from camel-back with spears, bows, or firearms. Camel cavalry was…
07. Camel Profile, near Silverton, NSW, 07.07.2007
Camelus bactrianus
Camel humps store fat for when food is scarce. If a camel uses the fat, the hump becomes limp and droops.
A camel's thick coat is one of its many adaptations that aid it in desert-like conditions.