Trees provide important benefits for oases in deserts. They provide shade, shelter, and food for humans and animals. One animal that has adapted to living in the shade of trees is the camel. While they are known for being beasts of burden, camels can also live in the shade of trees. Here’s a curious fact about how camels adapt to living in trees at night.
Camels Wait for the Sun
Before the sun sets, camels climb up to the lower branches of trees so they can take shelter there for the evening. With their long necks, they can reach high enough to find branches that are lightweight enough for them to climb into.
Camels Only Climb After Dark
While other animals can use feeling and intuitive senses to find cool areas, camels have an added sense that helps them find the most suitable places. They have specialized pads called “humps” that store water, so their body temperature is always warmer than the air around them. This allows them to sense when it’s time to climb.
Exposed limbs help absorb heat from air. By exposing parts of their legs and necks, they can balance out the heat that their bodies produce and keep it from warming up too much.
Treeshade– The term “shade” is generally understood as shielding one’s literal body (or shadow) from direct light; thus includes some concept of light absorbing or deflecting kind of protection or shelter but can be also understood metaphorically as well.
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