Here at Karavansara we love camels, and we are surprised of the fact that they are sometimes considered indolent animals.
A camel can run at 70 km/h on the desert floor.
And here is a beautiful photo, from the IPA Awards 2018.

Here at Karavansara we love camels, and we are surprised of the fact that they are sometimes considered indolent animals.
A camel can run at 70 km/h on the desert floor.
And here is a beautiful photo, from the IPA Awards 2018.
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5 November 2019 at 17:17
Beautiful! Wonderful colours, and such a sense of sweeping motion!
(And I’ve always loved that scene in Lawrence of Arabia, the one where Lawrence sits on a seemingly unmovable dromedary, and then tries the order he’s just been taught – something like at-at-at-at – and the creature immediately goes from meditative repose to full gallop, plunking Lawrence in the sand…)
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5 November 2019 at 19:27
Camels tend to be temperamental beasts, despite their placid look.
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