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  • 2018-04-27 (xsd:date)
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  • Camels Crossing the Sea? (en)
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  • The camel conjures up images of deserts, scorching hot temperatures, and a dangerous lack of water. So when a video purportedly showing a herd of these humped creatures swimming across a sea surfaced in April 2018, many viewers were surprised: This video is real. However, it doesn't show camels crossing the sea. It first appeared online in February 2017, and shows a specific breed — the Kharai camel — in a body of water near the city of Jalan Bani Bu Ali in Oman (presumably the Gulf of Oman or the Arabian Sea). The Times of Oman reported that the ungulates were brought down to the water for a training session before an upcoming race: The camels in this particular video, then, weren't exactly crossing the sea. However, this swimming camel breed is known to do exactly that. The conservation group Sahjeevan says that the Kharai camel can swim up to three kilometers (a little under two miles) in search of mangroves: The swimming camels live in the Kutch region of Gujarat, India and were recognized as a separate breed of camels by the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) in 2015: A video produced by Sahjeevan about the Kharai Camel has more information: (en)
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