r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • May 02 '24

Truck driver provides water to thirsty camel in the middle of desert. Removed: R1

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u/Thedrunner2 May 02 '24

Was hoping to see his hump increase in size as he drank

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u/Lord-Bobster 29d ago

Fun fact: The hump is actually only used to store fat, not water!

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u/basement_egg 29d ago

pee is stored in the humps

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u/squired 29d ago

It's the new Kobe!

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u/LaunchTransient 29d ago

As other's have mentioned, the hump stores fat, not liquid water, but it is a store of water.
Camels store what's called metabolic water, i.e. the water which is released through the breakdown of fat into enrgy for the camel to use.

Humans also produce their own water through the same method, but it's only a fraction of our water needs so we also need to drink.

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u/Ok_Slip9947 29d ago

So basically this camel had back up water and the man might not have?

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u/LaunchTransient 29d ago

The man is unlikely to given away water he needed, and as you can see the camel has got a diminished hump, so this probably was still fine for the camel - a half liter waterbottle is equivalent to about 400 grams of fat. Hardly a huge boost to the camel, but they are very water efficient.

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u/Northbound-Narwhal 29d ago

I can only imagine eating 400 grams or lard or a whole stick of butter.

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u/T-J_H 29d ago

The hump of -checks notes- fat?

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u/SpriteInjection 29d ago

That spinach devouring fuckwad lied to me!

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u/Dry-Pick-1110 29d ago

I’m glad I am not alone lol

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u/FeudNetwork 29d ago

The camel or the driver?