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TD 011 - Camel facts #2 Traditional Cache

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Australia is home to the only wild herds of Dromedary camels in the world, they were originally imported in the mid 1800's to provide transport. We have placed a series of 5 caches, with some facts about the camel.


The Camel

The average life expectancy of a camel is 40 to 50 years. A full-grown adult camel stands 1.85m (6ft 1in) at the shoulder and 2.15m (7ft 1in) at the hump. Camels can run at up to 65km/h (40mph) in short bursts and sustain speeds of up to 40km/h (25mph). Bactrian camels weigh 300 to 1,000kg (660 to 2,200lb) and Dromedaries 300 to 600kg (660 to 1,320lb).

Camels do not directly store water in their humps as was once commonly believed. The humps are actually reservoirs of fatty tissue: concentrating body fat in their humps minimizes the insulating effect fat would have if distributed over the rest of their bodies, helping camels survive in hot climates. When this tissue is metabolized, it yields more than one gram of water for every gram of fat processed. This fat metabolization, while releasing energy, causes water to evaporate from the lungs during respiration (as oxygen is required for the metabolic process): overall, there is a net decrease in water.
From Wikipedia


The cache:-
You are looking for a 1 ltr round container, painted.
Pen or pencil supplied, but a cacher should always have one with them, just in case it’s missing.
Happy hunting.


Envirogirl86 has kindly offered to maintain these caches for us.


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