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the two-humped camel, built like it packed for two apocalypses instead of one.
means a camel species native to Central Asia with two humps, thick shaggy coats, and a genius for surviving deserts that go from scorching to freezing.
from named after Bactria, an ancient region in what's now Afghanistan and neighboring lands, once a crossroads of the Silk Road where these camels hauled goods between empires.
humps storefat, not water, despite the myth
populationwild ones are critically endangered, under 1,000 left
temperature rangesurvives minus 40 to plus 100 fahrenheit
nostrils closeto block out sandstorms entirely