CINCINNATI ZOO GUIDE 
Camels 
the desert for five or six days without water. Its feet are 
adapted for traveling in the stifling sand. Its internal structure 
is such that it can store away a large supply of water before 
starting on a journey. It feeds on the hard and withered 
vegetation found in Arabia. A swift dromedary will travel eight 
miles an hour for a continuous period of twelve hours. 
The Indian Buffalo (Bubalus buffelus). Has been domes¬ 
ticated in its native country, and is used as a beast of burden. 
There are wild water buffalo still found in some parts of India. 
They frequent damp and marshy places, and, because of their 
partiality for swamps, are called water buffalo. 
BEAVER POND 
East of the Camel Enclosure, in the ravine, will be seen the 
Beaver Pond. Beavers are a very unsatisfactory animal to 
exhibit. They are very shy and seldom come out of their house 
until evening. There are generally from two to four specimens 
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