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Published: 2015-11-17 19:18:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 2019; Favourites: 77; Downloads: 7
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I am sure you all have been wondering how the hair on a camel's face goes, so I drew an analytical sketch, sort of a hair map of "Durango" . He is a Bactrian (two hump) camel.Durango doesn't belong to us, but he lives on our farm, where he eats Canadian thistle, black berries and poison oak.
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Oh! This is lovely. What's his temperament like? I've read that camels are intelligent, sensitive creatures, but can be a handful.
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He is very friendly and docile, and seems to love attention and company of people, but that may be because his owner spent a lot of time working with him. I was told that Durango was quite a spitter when he was young! I think that, because these guys are not really "prey animals" once they have grown up, camels have a stoic, non-panicky personality, unlike llamas or horses.
He seems to enjoy being petted and groomed, (unlike llamas, who hate it!). He isn't as wary of small things as llamas are. A llama will stare intently at a bird flying WAY off in the distance, or go berserk if a weird looking dog ( like a basset hound) walks past the house. They are always hyper vigilant.
Durango doesn't care about that stuff at all.
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He sounds lovely. So, not only do you have someone new to sketch, you have a new friend to pat and fuss over. Perfect!
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He eats poison oak and Canadian thistle?!? Omg, new best friend. When can he come visit me?
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Oh man, we were so lucky to find a person who needed a place to keep his camel!
The Canadian thistle was ruining our pasture, and the sheep and goats didn't do much about it, though they do a good job on the blackberries and poison oak .
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Canadian thistle is so insidious Gets me riled up just thinking about how many battles I've lost to it!
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Mere humans are not a match for it. It loves being cut down, and it thrives on being roto-tilled. We've set it back a bit by mowing down to ground level repeatedly, but it will come back soon as it gets a chance. Having an animal that constantly eats it down, as soon as it pokes out of the ground, is the way to go!
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He looks wonderful, and quietly amused at your studying him
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They look so cute and fuzzy in their winter coats. That should be your next fur/coat study on Durango.
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Yes, he looks very different in his winter coat!
It is starting to grow in now. I need to draw his whole body. Camels are really weird looking!
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I like him a lot for eating poison oak . . . now I need one for my parents so the stuff in their front yard can get eaten
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Get a front yard sheep. Goats are really good too, especially if the poison oak is tall, but they will eat everything and they turn your quiet life into a rollicking circus .
Sheep are really nice for just quietly eating low stuff and not hurting trees and shrubs.
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Hmm . . . not a bad idea . . . except the poison oak in question has reached shrub status 
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It is a such a shame that humans react so badly to it, if we didn't, it would be a delightful plant! It turns gorgeous colors in the fall, is edible for livestock and very pretty when it is green. And grows easily , as we've all noticed...
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It's a really wonderful habitat for birds too . . . I think that's why my parents have been reluctant to get rid of all of it
My mom's not allergic but I get horrible nasty blisters from just looking at the stuff wrong.
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He might!
We spent quite a few back-breaking hours hand pulling all the tansy from our pastures! Tansy is toxic to animals when it is dry, and they will happily eat it.
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Jolly! The joys of caring for kids and critters. We, too, have have had lots of each.
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There are supposed to be wild camels in my area. Never very many, not like the thousands of gemsboks we have after they were introduced. The last of the camels were last seen and photographed in the late 1980's, and there were only five to perhaps as many as seven then. With the amount of time we spend in the desert, the fact that we never see them probably means that they are gone now. In my very limited experience with camels, Durango seems to be a very handsome specimen. You can see their relation to their New World cousins like Llamas and Alpacas in him in the video. Interesting how different he looks in his summer coat! I would walk a mile to see him (silly, outdated pun!)
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It is really interesting to see all the physical similarities and differences between llamas and camels.
Their personalities are very different too.
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I've not been wondering about it but one day I will and then I now know. ^_^
So Durango stands still long enough to be drawn?
Does he have those long, elegant eyelashes as well?
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he doesn't really have exceptionally long eyelashes, but he has a distinct eyebrow over his eyes. Yes, he will stand next to you long as you want. He is very sociable and gentle..
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that's actually really adorable to imagine: you sitting in the field, and he just comes up next to you to see what you're doing and also for head scritches. an adorable thought indeed.
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Here's a video of Durango I posted on facebook:www.facebook.com/melody.pena.5…
I used a photo reference in addition to live camel ref. He doesn't stand still that long!
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