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Why Feral Camels Once Haunted the American Southwest
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, camels wandered the Sonoran Desert. How they got there, and what happened to ...
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NOMA camel and its rider evoke the history of human trade and the connections among peoples
The newly reinstalled arts of China gallery on NOMA’s third floor showcases works spanning over 5,000 years, dating back to ...
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Walking A MIle For A Camel: The U.S. Camel Corps
Camels could carry heavier loads than mules ... resigned from office and was eventually elected president of the Confederate States of America. Lee, too, resigned his commission, became a military ...
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How do camels survive in deserts?
Camels are part of a group known as camelids. This makes them close relatives of llamas, alpacas, guanacos and vicuñas, which are all native to South America. Camels' humps are often associated with ...
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Giant camel-like creatures lived thousands of years longer than once thought
Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.” ...
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Joe Camel is America’s rebel hero
America’s mangled tobacco debate of ’98 has done more to ... Few people would publicly admit that they succumbed to the charms of the Marlboro Man or Joe Camel. And no one with a shred of self-respect ...