DOMESTIC MAMMAL ADAPTATIONS 



Camel | Donkey 



Body weight 206 Kg_ j_8l Kg 



Surface orea Wi'l 34.9 Kg^^^^J8.7 Kg^'^ 



Daily water used per 100 Kg (scnmidt-Nieisen i957*) 3.5 lit. _|__7.3 lit. 



/• - onimal 7.2 "__|--5.9 '• 



Kg^'' 0.206l| -0.206" 



'Kg''* 0.133^-^-0.218" 



*Amer. J. Physiol. 188, pgllO Fiq.7, 1957 



Figure 17. Rate of water evaporation in the camel and the donkey. 



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