Talk:Bactrian camel

Wild or Feral

I think there wild dromedaries in Australia. They have been introduces but are wild nevertheless. So maybe the no wild dromedary sentence should be adapted... JidGom 13:16, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Any camels in Australia are considered feral, not wild. Tomer^talk 01:47, 5 December 2005 (UTC)yo yo yo my name is joe

According to the wikipedia article on ferals, a feral animal is one that has reverted to a wild state. Also, the article on wildlife states that wild is a very general term. Therefore I think it can be accepted that a wild population of dromedaries exists in Australia and should be added to the article.

• See Australian feral camel. — Dale Arnett (talk) 04:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Humps?

What is the purpose of the camel's humps? Is it true that they are used to store water? No, they are a fatty tissue and go down if the animal is starving. --1000Faces 03:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

==What do they do? They are used to transport goods

Store fat when food is scare. --HoopoeBaijiKite 01:26, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Biome

What is the biome in which the Bactrian Camel resides in? From the habitat map, it seems that the habitat is not limited to only deserts. -Dubtiger 19:28, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

== Camelus ferus? mlngh I thought the Bactrian camel was Camelus ferus?? -- Mukk 03:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

• According to the current IUCN entry, Camelus ferus is the wild Bactrian camel. Camelus bactrianus is the domesticated Bactrian camel. — Dale Arnett (talk) 04:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Copy/Paste November 26, 2008

Much of this article, including the pictures, seem to have been copy-and-pasted from Nation Master.

Link: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Bactrian-camelPisharov (talk) 16:20, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

wrong dude i got em meself —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.3.72.180 (talk) 17:24, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Domestication conflict with Dromedary article

This article makes reference (by comparison) to the assumed dates of domestication for the Dromedary Camel. Unfortunately the dates listed conflict with that article.

The information needs to be either conformed through a common third-party source or removed as being irrelevant to the article. Donperk (talk) 15:16, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Capitalization

Why is "Camel" capitalized in this article? I understand Bactria is a place so we should capitalize "Bactrian", but "camel" is a common noun. This does not seem consistent with other species names. Brussels sprout, Chinese plum, Bengal tiger do not use capitals. Kodiak bear has a capital in the article title, but it's lower case throughout the article. If no one gives a justification I will fix the case.  Randall Bart   Talk  03:58, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

It seems this was never done, but Randall is correct: "camel" is a common noun, and common nouns are not capitalised. The proposal is also consistent with Wikipedia's convention for common names of fauna. Since the proposal was not opposed (waiting eleven months for feedback is being very polite!), I will now change all occurrences of "Bactrian Camel" to "Bactrian camel". RedGreenInBlue (talk) 09:45, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Image captions

What the hell does "Eye shared with fly" mean? Do the camel and the fly time share the eye, with the fly being allowed to use it odd numbered weeks? /85.229.220.46 (talk) 20:37, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Is that really a Bactrian camel, in Egypt? With a big cloth over its back, so you can't actually see how many humps it has? I'm a total layman, but at a glance it looks quite a bit like a dromedary to me... Der Elbenkoenig (talk) 05:19, 29 November 2011 (UTC)