A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane
Jacqueline Kennedy 1962
Camels can live on the coarsest of sparse vegetation, feeding on thorny plants, leaves and shrubs, and dried grasses that other animals would refuse, which males them valuable livestock for the hotter and drier regions of the world. This is reflected in the map: Camels are only found in Africa, Asia and -to a very small extend- Europe. The world’s largest camel population – more than 7 million camels – live in Somalia, followed by Sudan and Kenya. The first country outside of Africa is Pakistan on the 8th place.
