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The camel is a large desert animal commonly used in Africa and Asia for work and
transportation.
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Directions: Below are mixed details that belong in two separate paragraphs about camels.
Complete the paragraphs by writing each detail under the correct topic sentence.
Camels
- Their feet are well adapted
for walking on sand with
ease. - The Arabian camel has one
hump: the Bactrian camel
two. - The humps are stores of fat
that camels can draw upon
for energy when food is
scarce. - The humps enable camels to
travel hundreds of miles on
little food and water. - They can carry people and
supplies where there are no
roads.
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There are two main types of camels.