3, 5 million years ago lived in the Arctic giant shaggy camels

On Ellesmere Island in Canada were recently found the remains of a giant shaggy camel - species, never before in the northern regions do not occur. Ancient camel was 30% larger than its modern counterpart. Age remains - about 3, 5 million years. The fact of living "ship of the desert" in the north is very unusual, since even before the temperature there was between 14 ° -22 ° C, the ground was covered with snow nine months of the year.



The researchers suggest that, perhaps, the camels were originally adapted to living in the northern forests, not the deserts. This indirectly confirms and features of modern camels - a hump, where they hoard nutrients, could do a great service to their ancestors in days of fierce winter, when food was scarce. Could be useful in a wide hooves - they camels could walk through the snow just as people are now walking on snowshoes, and large eyes could help to find food for the polar night.

Interesting fact: the ancient and modern camels are almost identical - the difference between them only in size.

via factroom.ru