Negev Desert - Israel

[Gail]

One question: I always am told that the camels you show are dromedaries?

That's right;
The dromedary or Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) = one hump
The Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) = two humps

[tonyg]

Thanks for this continuing adventure Oron.  Did you say 1000 species grow there .... that must be 980 to go!

[Otto Fauser]

One question: I always am told that the camels you show are dromedaries?

That's right;
The dromedary or Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) = one hump
The Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) = two humps

Gail ,
  am I sitting on a Camelus dromedarius or on a C. bactrianus - nearly 50 years ago ?
      
         Otto.

[TC]

Oron

Can you tell me what this plant is ?  I photographed it in the Arava desert in January 1998 when I was on my way to Masada.

[Oron Peri]

Tom
It is Blepharis ciliaris, belongs to the Acanthaceae.

[Oron Peri]

One question: I always am told that the camels you show are dromedaries?

That's right;
The dromedary or Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) = one hump
The Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) = two humps

Gail ,
  am I sitting on a Camelus dromedarius or on a C. bactrianus - nearly 50 years ago ?
      
         Otto.

Fantastic photo Otto, where was it taken? [looks like Jaffa]

[Oron Peri]

Thanks for this continuing adventure Oron.  Did you say 1000 species grow there .... that must be 980 to go!

Thanks Tony, well, not all the 980 left  worth a photo....maybe only 700

[Gail]

Gail ,
  am I sitting on a Camelus dromedarius or on a C. bactrianus - nearly 50 years ago ?
      
         Otto.

Hi Otto,
Great picture of you on a Camelus dromedarius!

I tried to find a pic of C. bactrianus but only have a head shot, although you can see the difference by the heads - Bactrian camal are much more hairy. (see http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bactrian-camel.html)

I loved the mounted police in Egypt!

[Lesley Cox]

Thank Goodness Maggi put a link to this amazing thread in the Frit thread otherwise I would have missed it. My notify button dosen't always work properly.

Truly the desert will bloom after some rain. A thousand thanks Oron.

[Lesley Cox]

I love the last picture too, the mounted policeman. A little different from the Canadian version.

[cohan]

I love the last picture too, the mounted policeman. A little different from the Canadian version.

are you sure? this photo could be from calgary!

[partisangardener]

The two camelspecies interbreed easily, they are called Tulus or Bukhts and are bigger than their parents. There is even doubt if there has ever been a wild form of dromedarius.

[Lesley Cox]

I love the last picture too, the mounted policeman. A little different from the Canadian version.

are you sure? this photo could be from calgary!

Camelus calgariensis?

[Lori S.]

are you sure? this photo could be from calgary!

What?  A sly reference to "the blue-eyed sheiks" of the 1980's?

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's Oron to show us that Negev desert, like many other so called deserts, is very coloured !