The dromedary in its natural environment

Abstract

The dromedary, as a domestic animal, is best adapted to living conditions in arid environment and to the rareness of water and pasture which are typical of such regions. Its exceptional ability to walk as well as its feeding eclecticism allow it to constitute its grazing ration from widely scattered and often very thorny plants which characterize such pastoral areas throughout arid lands. Since it is able
to graze shrubs and trees out of reach of other ruminants, it does not compete much with them. In addition to its ambulatory habits and exclusive presence over pastures where long distance water points are a normal situation, these features, as a whole, mean that it is the creature least disposed to severely damage the vegetal environment. Its
legendary resistance to thirst has made it an indispensable companion to man in the conquest of wide desert ranges which could never be settled without it.