In winter, even desert plants may hold enough moisture to allow a camel to live without water for several weeks. When camels do refill, however, they soak up water like a sponge. A very thirsty ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Camels in the desert. [iStockphoto] Camels are sometimes called the ‘ships of the desert ...

This relationship, this love between nomad and camel, began thousands of years ago in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula. Camels, first and foremost, provided transport across the desert.

But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in a desert and how they survive there ... And animals too! A camel. What's with the hump? It stores fat in that hump to use as food ...