No One Wanted to be Friends with This Rescue Camel -- Until a Baby Cow Came Along

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[secondwind]

1. That was adorable!

[happybird]

2. Now I need a baby camel :)

Camelot’s play runs and bouncy moves are adorable.

[Bayard]

3. Camelot

That's a good one!


I think Mr. Bayard would draw the line at adding a camel to our menagerie.

[Donkees]

5. Camels originated in North America ('Camelops') They'll feel right at home :)

The first camels lived in North America 40 to 50 million years ago. It wasn't until 3 to 5 million years ago that North American camels spread to South America via the newly-formed Isthmus of Panama. They then spread to Asia and on to the Middle East via the Bering land bridge that connected what is now Alaska to Russia

https://interestingengineering.com/camels-originated-in-north-america-probably-roamed-hollywood

[abqtommy]

6. Thanks, that's fascinating. I even went to the link and bookmarked it. nt

[Donkees]

7. Smithsonian Video: 'The World's First Camels Roamed... South Dakota?'

The Badlands of South Dakota are filled with the fossils of fascinating and surprising prehistoric animals: saber-toothed cats, large-headed pigs, and even the first camels.

[abqtommy]

8. Been there and never saw a camel fossil! Thanks. nt

[Donkees]

9. Were you looking for camels? :)

The Fossils of the White River Badlands

Early camels were lightly built and resembled modern llamas. Only two feet tall, perhaps 50 lb in weight and without any derived features, their eyes were located farther back in the skull when compared with those of modern camels. Their ribs were also much lighter. Poebrotherium had a split toe, a variation which would later evolve into a pad underneath these toes that is still seen in modern camels. Poebrotherium teeth are less hypsodont and more primitive than any other camelid except Poebrodon. They are small and have a hollow triangular cross-section which later evolved into more distinct dental variations adapted for plucking and grinding vegetation Teeth toward the front of the jaw are reduced in size and peg-like. The skull of Poebrotherium is approximately 7 inches long and constructed of thin fragile bones. Because camel skulls are narrow and elongated, most have broken cheekbones and orbits when found and complete skulls are a rare find.



https://whiteriver.weebly.com/camels.html

[abqtommy]

10. Nope. I was driving through on the way to and from Montana to see my Mom. I was

living near Sioux Falls at the time and happy I wasn't lost in The Badlands. Don't
wanna become a fossil before my time!

[Karadeniz]

4. Love happy endings!!!