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  • Inside Nature's Giants

INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS: Camel | PBS

Duration: 00:31
Program: Inside Nature's Giants
Broadcast Date: Jun. 21, 2012

Mark Evans and Joy Reidenberg brave the baking desert to dissect a camel. They uncover the secret of the camel's hump and investigate how its elastic legs, stretchy lips and pedestal (a strange bump on its chest) are among the many surprising adaptations that enable the camel to thrive in such a dry and hostile environment.

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Post Date: June 21, 2012