Traffic Management in the Gobi Desert. 行人停...  ...talled them three years ago to make it clear when camels should and should not cross the road.They're unus...

Just last month we linked to a Today I Found Out a...  ...ightyears away.Also strange, Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia for food -the local camels there are raised exclusively for racing and domes...

Google Street View is a handy feature integrated into Google Maps. It lets you see photos of travel routes. I find that it's really handy at times when I'm navigating in an unfamiliar area.Google creates its massive phot...

(Photo via Afflictor) Camels existed in the Americas until about 10,000 years...  ...when the US Army imported dromedary (one-humped) camels from Egypt. They were very useful for crossing th...  ...eful for crossing the western deserts. Later, the camels went to work in as far no...

(Photo: Paul Salopek/National Geographic)Paul Salopek, a Pulizer Prize-winning journalist, is walking in the path of humanity’s ancient ancestors. For his Out of Eden project, he’s traveling the likely route...

Let's super-size this meal! A turducken may feed a few Americans, but if you're going to feed everyone in attendance at a Bedouin wedding feast, then you need a stuffed camel. According to Guinness World Records, it's th...

Adult camels may not be hideous, but they certainly aren't the...

Even a four-wheel drive truck isn't going to make it over high, shifting sand dunes. That's why design student Frederic Schwab thinks that an ambulance for the roughest desert terrain should be pulled by a camel. He envi...

(Video Link) If you're in the Zaraniq tribe o...  ...show off, jump over a camel. Or better yet, three camels at the same time. According to a tribal legend, t...

(Video Link) A camel in the back of a truck -- you have a camel in the back of your truck, don't you? -- likes to be tickled. via The Breda Fallacy's Facebook Page...