{"id":17781,"date":"2023-12-05T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T07:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17781"},"modified":"2025-04-05T06:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T01:06:37","slug":"double-humped-camels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/double-humped-camels\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Humped Camels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Double Humped Camels<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Double Humped Camels or\u00a0Bactrian camels,\u00a0have two humps on their backs\u00a0where they store fat.<\/li>\n<li>Scientific Name:\u00a0<i>Camelus bactrianus<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Distribution:\n<ul>\n<li>They are\u00a0native to the harsh and\u00a0arid regions of Central Asia.<\/li>\n<li>They occupy habitats in Central Asia\u00a0from Afghanistan to China, primarily\u00a0up into the Mongolian steppes and\u00a0the\u00a0Gobi desert.<\/li>\n<li>A small population of Bactrian camels\u00a0exists in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>They are up to 10 feet (3.0 m) long and weigh 590-1000 kg.<\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0are smaller and more slender\u00a0than the one-humped dromedary camels\u00a0found\u00a0in Africa and the Middle East.<\/li>\n<li>Their\u00a0fur color varies from beige to dark brown.<\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0have thick, wooly coats that provide warmth during the cold months and insulation from the desert heat, and they\u00a0shed this for the summer months.<\/li>\n<li>Lifespan: 50 years<\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0typically live in herds of 6-20 members, although they can occasionally be solitary or in groups of up to 30 individuals.<\/li>\n<li>Diet: They are\u00a0omnivores but are\u00a0primarily herbivores that constantly graze on grasses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Conservation Status:\n<ul>\n<li>IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) Where is Gobi desert?<\/h3>\n<p>The Gobi Desert basin lies across southern Mongolia and northwestern China between the Mongolian Altai and Khangai mountains and the Himalayan Plateau . This region is a cold desert with a continental climate and long, cold winters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/army-deploys-double-humped-camels-for-logistical-support-in-eastern-ladakh\/1871687\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Army deploys double humped camels for logistical support in eastern Ladakh<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double Humped Camels or Bactrian camels, have two humps on their backs where they store fat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}