In nature, even an elephant weighing 5 tons will be eaten, but camel is the absolute overlord. There are almost no carnivorous animals eating camels. Does it really have no natural enemies?
magic camel
has no natural enemies?
The answer is impossible, even the largest animal in the world will be eaten, let alone camels.
However, because the environment in which camels live is harsh, many carnivores are difficult to survive, so there are naturally few natural enemies, and is not easy to be eaten .
The main distribution location of camels
The biggest natural enemy of camels is wolf. The wolf in the desert is even more ferocious and is not picky about prey. As long as it is food that can be eaten, the wolf will swallow it completely.
, and there are not many herbivores in desert environments. Wolves sometimes regard camels as prey, so wolves and camels become enemies.
The wolf pack wants to eat camels, but is afraid of the huge size of the camels, so she has no chance to do it, so she can only harass her next to her.
Although the camel has a good temper, he is also annoyed that the wolves are harassing day and night. Sometimes, as soon as the temper comes, he kicks the wolf. The wolf young master who can't avoid it will have to break a few bones.
Therefore, although wolves are the natural enemy of camels, they dare not prey on camels easily.
Just imagine, on one side is a camel weighing 600 kilograms, and on the other side is a wolf with a wolf of 60 kilograms. The two are immediately visible when they compare.
Camel's body structure
In nature, body size is an important criterion for measuring animal combat effectiveness.
The reason why elephants dare to sway in front of the lion is that they rely on their huge size to discourage the lion.
But when the elephant is alone or sick, it will still become a hunting target for carnivores.
In this way, there is a reason why camels are "invincible" in the desert.
You may have doubts, isn’t a wolf social animal ? Why not hunt camels on your own numbers?
In our impression, wolves usually walk in groups of more than a dozen or dozens, but the wolves in the desert are different.
Due to the harsh environment, there are too many wolves in the wolf pack, and there will be insufficient resources, so only smaller groups of wolves in the desert can be divided into.
Different kinds of wolf
For example, a wolf pack is five or six in a group to share its prey together.
The five or six wolf weights are not as heavy as the camels. Not to mention hunting camels, they would be lucky if they were not kicked to death.
Moreover, since wolves are sociable animals, why are camels?
The number of camels is generally around 10, and there are 5 communities with a slightly smaller size.
If the wolf pack wants to hunt camels, it does not have the advantage in quantity. The only chance is to bite the camel that is lonely and is exhausted.
As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Wolves should be more careful when hunting single camels. Once kicked, they may die.
Camels will slap. Most people can't stand
The key is that even if the camel is besieged by the wolves, they can run away and pierce into the depths of the desert. The wolves dare not chase after them halfway through.
The wolf's drought tolerance in the desert is no better than a camel. If it goes deep into the desert, it is very likely to cause dehydration, which will bring disaster to the entire wolf pack.
On the other hand, camels still live comfortably without water for several days.
So, camels are never the priority for wolves. When they are hungry to the verge of collapse, maybe the wolves can try their best, but the chances are slim.
Even if there are large predators such as lions and tigers in the desert, they probably won’t dare to put their ideas on the head of a camel.
Camel's title of "desert overlord" is well-deserved.
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Invincible camel
To take ten thousand steps back, even if the camel is really hunted by wolves or dies in the desert, it is difficult for people to observe.
The area where camels live is off the beaten track and no one wants to stay in such an area except for some biologists.
Some camels still live in an unmanned land, with a radius of hundreds of miles, and you can't even see a ghost, let alone a human.
and camel meat is not as delicious as other meats, and it is not even as good as rat meat in the desert.
Because camels have evolved a unique physiological structure in order to prevent water loss in the body.
For example, sweat on the body surface will be collected and used by again .
This body state that uses moisture to the extreme makes their cells in a state of dehydration for a long time, seriously affecting the flesh quality.
Animal cell structure
Camel meat tastes as hard to chew as tree bark.
Dangerous corpse
Camels are not only overlords when they are alive, but even when they die, no animal dares to approach.
The cadaver of camels is a breeding ground for culturing bacteria. In high temperature environments, microorganisms decompose cells very quickly, and bacteria grow in large quantities in camels.
The structure of cells is shown in the figure
In a dry and hot environment, the camel's corpse rots accelerated and emits a large amount of odor around.
Generally speaking, wild camels in the desert cannot be eaten one day after death, and even if the wolves encounter dead camels, they will hide far away.
not only because of the smell, but also because the camel's corpse is very dangerous.
In order to preserve the water source in the body, the camel's body is quite closed. Once a large amount of gas is gathered, it is very likely that explosion similar to "whale explosion".
Dead for a long time. The already swollen camel
alternative "natural enemy" of camel
There is a species that rarely lives in the desert and its weight is close to that of wolves, but the impact on camels is greater than that of wolves. It is called camels alternative natural enemy .
This species is human .
The impact of humans on camels’ survival is multifaceted. From an environmental perspective, with the disorderly expansion of humans in the natural environment, desertification has intensified.
Although this seems to increase the living space of camels, in fact, the desert pollution caused by man is serious and all kinds of garbage are everywhere, which is not suitable for camels to survive.
Land Desertification
The garbage brought by humans will also pollute the land around , squeezing the living space of camels.
From the perspective of edibleness, many rich people pursue novel food and wantonly hunt wild camels, resulting in a sharp decrease in the number of wild camels.
At the end of the last century, people found that the double peaks of bimodal camel are very edible and belong to the "green food" that people are sought after.
Camel front chest cross section
So, an action to hunt camels began. People drove to the desert Gobi to look for camels, shot them to death , and took away only their fur and double peaks.
Later, International Protection Law explicitly prohibits people from hunting wild camels, but illegal hunters still engage in hunting for profit.
In order to survive, camels had to move to the desert deeper to find a new habitat.
Nowadays, people can hardly see wild camels on the edge of the desert.
In nature, no species is invincible. They always have a natural enemy, that is, humans.
Human production and life intentionally or unintentionally affects the normal operation of nature to a certain extent.
Camel status quo
Even the overlord of the desert, under the greed of human beings, has to face an existential crisis.
Camels are in danger
Previously, my country's data survey showed that only 1,500 wild Buphy camels in China, and only 800 wild Buphy camels in the world.
The number of dromedary camels is as high as 13 million, but more than 99% are domesticated by humans, and true wild dromedary camels are on the verge of extinction.
People are worried about whether wild camels will disappear in people's lives in the future.
Since the 5th century BC, people have used camels to transport various commodities and goods. Camels, as a "desert oasis", step on their thick soles and diligently help mankind for thousands of years. Now, under the influence of mankind, they are in a survival crisis.
Camel soles structure
We have to reflect on where the bottom line is in the development process of the natural environment.
