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TD 013 - Camel facts #4 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/9/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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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

Camels have a series of physiological adaptations that allow them to withstand long periods of time without any external source of water. Unlike other mammals, their red blood cells are oval rather than circular in shape. This facilitates the flow of red blood cells during dehydration and makes them better at withstanding high osmotic variation without rupturing when drinking large amounts of water: a 600kg (1,300lb) camel can drink 200L of water in three minutes.

Camels are able to withstand changes in body temperature and water consumption that would kill most other animals. Their temperature ranges from 34°C (93°F) at dawn and steadily increases to 40°C (104°F) by sunset, before they cool off at night again. Camels rarely sweat, even when ambient temperatures reach 49°C (120°F). Any sweat that does occur evaporates at the skin level rather than at the surface of their coat; the heat of vaporization therefore comes from body heat rather than ambient heat.
From Wikipedia


The cache:-
You are looking for a 300mm x 25mm black tube.
Pen or pencil supplied, but a cacher should always have one with them, just in case it’s missing.

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Envirogirl86 has kindly offered to maintain these caches for us.


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