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The large ruminant (first swallows and then brings back food for chewing) animal that is mainly found in the desert area and can withstand extremely hot temperatures is called camel. Some physical features of a camel are a large hump, long legs, big-lipped snout, long neck, large feet, and tufted tails.

Examples of camel food sources are wheat, grains, and grass. Various uses of camel are provision of food (milk and meat), fiber (hair and wool), and transportation of goods and passengers.

The typical temperature range of a living body to measure the body’s capability to generate heat by active muscles and lose heat through evaporation is called body temperature.

The physiological process in which living organisms like animals maintain proper electrolyte balance through homeostatic regulation of osmotic pressure is called osmoregulation.

Examples of osmoregulators are water-breathing like freshwater animals, marine and air-breathing animals (desert-living animals, marine reptiles, and terrestrial arthropods).

The camel maintains their body temperature without their insulated fur by using an evaporative cooling effect (reduce less moisture loss to cool down the body).