Where do camels store water?

Question

Where do camels store water? i know it is not in their humps because they store fat in there. Anyone know?

Answer 1

Camels mainly store water in their BLOODSTREAMS and partly in their stomachs. They can drink up up to 30 liters of water in 15 minutes.

Also, camels have special physiological and biological mechanisms of conserving water and tolerating dehydration -which help them to endure in the dessert for at least 3 weeks without water.

It is true that camels do not store water in their humps but when food or water is scarce, they utilized the reserved fats in their humps to provide energy. Their humps can be an indirect source of water through an internal chemical process.- Fats is broken down to produce hydrogen then combines with oxygen to form water internally.

Answer 2

Where Do Camels Store Water

Answer 3

Camel Hump

Answer 4

According to what I have read online, it is a myth that camels store water in their humps. It is said that camels store water together with their body fluids. I see this to be somewhere in the bloodstream or wherever in the body that fluids are found. It is also said that camels drink a lot when needed - upwards of 20 liters! As for the humps, they hold fat, not water, which is used as an energy source when food is scarce.

Answer 5

this is an interesting question. According to what i know, Camels have humps on their back. They use those humps to store fat. Thats how they survive in the desert. I dont know about water. I think they some how convert the fat into water.

Answer 6

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Where do camels store water?
Where do camels store water? i know it is not in their humps because they store fat in there. Anyone know?

Answer 7

The humps store fat for food. Water is kept in the stomach and in the camel's body tissues.

Answer 8

Camels don't actually carry water in their hump. They actually store fat in their hump.

Answer 9

Camels are well known for their humps. However, they do not store water in them as is commonly believed, their humps are actually a reservoir of fatty tissue. When this tissue is metabolized, it is only a source of energy, but would yield more than 1 g of water for each 1 g of fat converted through reaction with oxygen from the air. This process of fat metabolization generates a net loss of water through respiration for the oxygen required to convert the fat.
Their ability to withstand long periods without water is due to a series of physiological adaptations, as described below.
They have tough feet so that they can endure the scorching desert sands.
Their red blood cells have an oval shape, unlike those of other mammals, which are circular. This is to facilitate their flow in a dehydrated state. These cells are also more stable, in order to withstand high osmotic variation without rupturing, when drinking large amounts of water (20-25 gallons[citation needed] in one drink).
The kidneys of a camel are very efficient. Urine comes out as a thick syrup and their feces are so dry that they can fuel fires.
Camels are able to withstand changes in body temperature and water content that would kill most other animals. Their temperature ranges from 34°C (93°F) at night up to 41°C (106°F) at day, and only above this threshold will they begin to sweat. The upper body temperature range is often not reached during the day in milder climatic conditions and therefore the camel may not sweat at all during the day. Evaporation of their sweat takes place at the skin level not at the surface of their coat, thereby being very efficient at cooling the body compared to the amount of water lost through sweating. This ability to fluctuate body temperature and the efficiency of their sweating allows them to preserve about five litres of water a day.
A feature of their nostrils is that a large amount of water vapor in their exhalations is trapped and returned to the camels body fluids, thereby reducing the amount of water lost through respiration.
They can withstand at least 20-25% weight loss due to sweating (most mammals can only withstand about 3-4% dehydration before cardiac failure results from the thickened blood). A camel's blood remains hydrated even though the body fluids are lost; until this 25% limit is reached.
Camels eating green herbage can ingest sufficient moisture in milder conditions to maintain their body's hydrated state without the need for drinking.
A camel's thick coat reflects sunlight. A shorn camel has to sweat 50% more to avoid overheating. It also insulates them from the intense heat that radiates from hot desert sand. Their long legs help by keeping them further from the hot ground. Camels have been known to swim.
Their mouth is very sturdy, able to chew thorny desert plants. Long eyelashes and ear hairs, together with sealable nostrils, form an effective barrier against sand. Their gait (moving both legs on one side at the same time) and their widened feet help them move without sinking into the sand.
All member species of the Camelids are known to have a highly unusual immune system, where part of the antibody repertoire is composed of immunoglobulins without light chain[clarify]. Whether and how this contributes to their resistance to harsh environments is unknown.

Answer 10

camels store water into the blood vessels of their stomach