Dromedary camel

Key facts

• Dromedary camel comes from United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Yemen.
• Group: Farm animals.
• It weighs about 500 kg (1,100 lb).
• A typical adult is about 2 m (6.56 ft) long.
• It lives about 40 years.
• Diet: herbivore.
• Habitat: desert.
• A camel's hump stores fat, not water, which it can use for energy when food is hard to find.