Habitat The camels prefer desert conditions characterized by a long dry season and a short rainy season. Positive The dromedary camel is used as a beast of burden by humans and also provides humans with milk, meat, wool, leather, and fuel from dried manure. Through these services, the dromedary camel has enabled humans to inhabit the seemingly inhabitable desert. The dromedary camel has remarkable adaptations for a desert lifestyle. The camel's eyes are protected from blowing sand and dust by a double row of eyelashes.
Dromedaries are able to conserve water in a variety of ways.
Water is conserved by the camel's ability to fluctuate its body temperature throughout the day from 34 degrees Celsius to 41.7 degrees Celsius. The fluctuation in body temperature allows the camel to conserve water by not sweating as the external temperature rises. Groups of camels also avoid the excess heat from the environment by pressing against each other. Water is expended primarily from interstitial and intracellular bodily fluids. Furthermore, dromedaries can rehydrate quickly, being capable of drinking 100 L of water in just 10 minutes, a feat which would be lethal to any other mammals.