Camels.

When I pictured camels before I took my advanced physiology course, I seriously only thought dumb, water-filled-humped mammal that lives in the desert and of the cigarette brand.

But camels are seriously something else....They:

• do NOT store water in the hump, it's actually fat.
• walk parallel to the sun's rays to minimize the radiation absorption.
• have long, thin legs which allow for minimal contact with the heat from the sand.
• can comfortably carry 330 pounds for up to 10 days without any water!
• can upregulate their body temperature during the day and lower their body temperature at night.
• don't sweat until its temperature reaches 42 degrees Celsius! (almost 108 degrees Fahrenheit!)
• have fur whose fur allows them to limit body heat gain and prevent water loss from the skin.
• have a nasal system that allows them to keep their brain temperature 2 degrees Celsius lower than its body!
• can lose up to 33% of its total body water without suffering serious consequences. (Losing even 12% of total body water in humans can have detrimental effects....)
• can rehydrate very quickly, in less than 48 hours.
• can drink up to 100 liters of water in 10 minutes! (if it is 500 kilograms)
• urinate on themselves to cool off via evaporation O.o

Kind of cute now....Well not really when I googled "camels" but this one was kind of cute....hahah