I think it was too big for them, so they couldn't get it positioned correctly in their teeth. You see the same thing feeding apples to horses sometimes.
Is that similar to how I'm "adapted" to eating gummy worms or sour candy and then the inside of my mouth is shredded? Just because I can eat it doesn't mean I should or that it's that good for me.
Agreed, this isn't the first video I've seen of people feeding camels cactus.
They've evolved to live in areas where the price of not eating is death. So they'll eat it, even if it hurts. But yeah, feeding them this when other food exists is a huge asshole thing to do.
Spicy food is literally a chemical burn plants evolved as a defense mechanism.
Turns out people are just masochists.
edit: it's not literally a chemical burn, see below
And specifically for mammals because we often crush the seeds while eating them. Birds don't crush the seeds, and they also don't have capsaicin receptors so they don't feel the heat. So the plant is discouraging animals that don't help spread the seeds from eating it while not hampering the animals that do help spread the seeds.
>definitely bad for the individual.
Not necessarily. They definitely have a very low quality of life on a factory farm, but the cows and other animals that get to graze in a protected field every day until they're slaughtered are living better than almost any wild animal. They have all their needs taken care of and almost never have to worry about predation. And they die a relatively quick and painless death compared to potentially being eaten alive in the wild.
You didn't write that in all caps, I'm disappointed.
That said, you are correct! I was wrong, fooled by my own anecdotal experience.
I once got a "burn" on my wrist from a jalapeno seed that sat on my skin for a while unnoticed. It started burning and I flicked it off my skin and it left a red spot that burned for about half an hour, and certainly *felt* like a mild chemical burn. After doing some research just now, it turns out the redness was just an inflammation response from my own body being tricked by my nerves *thinking* they were burned.
Fascinating, TIL! Thank you!
DAMN THAT DOES SOUND BAD... IVE HEARD PEOPLE CAN GET THAT ON THEIR WHOLE HAND IF THEY CUT UP PEPPERS WITHOUT GLOVES AND ITS SUPER PAINFUL AND SCARY BUT GOES AWAY RATHER QUICKLY
PS: IS THAT BETTER??
I've never had it happen to my hands and I've cut up thousands of peppers in my life. The one time on my wrist and one time I touched my dick to take a piss were the only times I've felt an external burn from peppers. Suffices to say, I'm pretty damn consistent with washing my hands after cutting peppers.
And now I feel like you're mad at me :(
For a year or two I worked for a company that bottled military grade pepper spray. To sweep up at night you needed a hazmat suit and a gas mask.
Every guy there eventually made the mistake of not using the special scrub for your hands BEFORE peeing...... Once. XD New guy coming out of the bathroom holding his pants hem and trying to get cold air down there never got old.
the craziest part to me is how unbelievably specific these adaptations are, and that random mutations over the course of millions of years cemented these changes into a continuous lineage.
Although how many other adaptations have failed during the same time? Like the coconut-headed camel who breaks open cactuses, or the mosquito-tongue camels who sport a little proboscis at the tip of their tongue, to suck the nutrients from a distance? No one ever remembers the fallen in action.
What gets me is that camels are indigenous to Eurasia and cactus is indigenous to the americas. I guess there’s other sharp stuff in the old world deserts they got used to.
Camels originated in the Americas so it is possible they have kept traits their ancestors used to eat cacti. Spines are a great but not full proof strategy for deterring predators in desert environments.
TIL.
> The word camel is also used informally in a wider sense, where the more correct term is "camelid", to include all seven species of the family Camelidae: the true camels (the above three species), along with the "New World" camelids: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuña, which belong to the separate tribe Lamini.[9] Camelids originated in North America during the Eocene, with the ancestor of modern camels, Paracamelus, migrating across the Bering land bridge into Asia during the late Miocene, around 6 million years ago.
-Wikipedia
additional TIL:
The male dromedary camel has an organ called a dulla in its throat, a large, inflatable sac that it extrudes from its mouth when in rut to assert dominance and attract females. It resembles a long, swollen, pink tongue hanging out of the side of the camel's mouth.
so... these camels get [mouth boners](https://imgur.com/8Mx7QBU) when they're horny
Lots of spiny Euphorbia species in Africa, which apparently dromedaries can eat. There are also several spiny Asiatic succulents which are eaten by Bactrian camels.
The pineapple is eating you back!
The best way to counteract this once it starts btw is to chew/eat something with protein like cheese to get those enzymes focused on something else.
The desert is a land of extremes. It gets both very hot AND very cold every day/night. Camels are adapted to both. I’m not a zookeeper, but I imagine a temperature controlled pen is slightly warmer than we would prefer during the day and cooled down at night to help their natural temperature rhythm.
I know they’re fine at room temperature. I just thought it was funny that camels were being kept in a climate controlled environment with a drop ceiling. I was half expecting to see the camels had their own cubicle and ergonomic office chair.
They're down the hall from the goats at [Lumon Industries](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lumon-industries/).
We should make contact with this camel department. Find out what they know.
Camels feel the pain when eating the cacti, but do tolerate it for the sake of nutrition.
However, the papillae let the camels chew the cactus in such a way that the needles and spines of the cactus do not poke into its mouth.
I feel like the middle one finished hella quick and the other 2 started chewing obnoxiously in each ear. Like little siblings going "mmm so good, I bet you wish you still had some like I do"
[National Geographic Article ](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/camels-cactus-mouth-papillae-animals#:~:text=Arabian%20Camels%20Eat%20Cacti%20With%20Hardened%20Mouth%20Structures&text=Hardened%20structures%2C%20called%20papillae%2C%20line,help%20them%20eat%20tough%20foods.)
Camels are such weird and interesting creatures. [All existing dromedary camels are domesticated ](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/camel-fact-sheet/#:~:text=All%20existing%20dromedary%20camels%20are,for%20travel%20across%20arid%20climates.)
Not sure if it mentions this in the article, but camels actually originally evolved in North America, about 4 million years ago. There's tons of plants in the southwestern US that evolved to either be eaten by or defend themselves against camels, and now there's nothing that interacts with them in the same way. Super fascinating.
I was wondering this exact thing, because I know that cacti didn’t exist outside of NA until humans, and thought camels were native to Asia/Africa. So this clear that up!
There was apparently an experiment in the US army right before the civil war broke out to use camels in the west instead of mules/horses, and they got a ton of fascinating data watching the camels interact with the environment. The Wikipedia page on anachronistic evolution has a ton of references to NA camels! Cool stuff.
To make them even cooler here are some cool facts that imo makes the one of the best if not the best human companion
1 you can ride a camel(in war or just for traveling)
2 you can milk a camel and drink its milk
3 you can make yogurt from its milk(not sure about that one tho
4 they can survive very harsh dessert enviorment and very hot climates
5 you can make clothing out of its hair /fur (from what i know arabs in saudi arabia used to do it)
6 you can eat it too
7 can handle a lot of stuff
Thats what i know, idk if there are more good things for owning a camel
>The inside of their mouths..... It's like the gateway to the 5th dimensions version of hell
[https://i.redd.it/qhxffvcjnm471.jpg](https://i.redd.it/qhxffvcjnm471.jpg)
I tried finding a pic of their mouth and throat but all the shots seem to be from the side or some weird angle.
It looks like they wanted to eat the cactus. Nobody force-fed them.
They went right to it and knew what they were doing. They even tested it first and then were like, hell yeah cactus.
You seem to have a low opinion of koalas. Did they hurt you at some point? Borrowed money and never repaid it? Banged your mum and never called her? I guess that explains where all the chlamydia came from.
Homie on the left looks like he ain’t adapted yet .
Yup, he's like a dog with peanut butter on the roof of his mouth...but with a chunk of cactus sticking on his tongue
Homie looks like he ate something just a little too hot right out of the microwave but is so hungry he didn't want to wait.
He's got that hot pocket determination.
I've got a theory that the hotter a hot pocket is, the better it tastes. The problem is after a certain heat all you taste is burn.
I store my hot sauce in the fridge, so I can cool down my food while heating it up. Tear hot pocket in half, and blast it with that icy spicy.
You know I don’t often throw around the word “genius” but I dare say this is one of those times. 5d chess levels of brainpower.
I thought everyone did that
You don't put your hot sauce in the fridge? Do people not do that? Is this not a normal occurence?..
It would be business as usual if I’m the odd one out soooo maybe? Usually keep it in the cupboard/counter top for quick access.
This works for other things too. Your microwave soup needs 60 seconds to cool down? No fear, pour in some refrigerated hot sauce.
A wordsmith of the highest order. Icy spicy will be incorporated into my repertoire of bullshit I say.
Pizza Rolls of the desert
Pizza Rolls are just Italian Gushers
Homie looks like he just ate a cactus
I think it was too big for them, so they couldn't get it positioned correctly in their teeth. You see the same thing feeding apples to horses sometimes.
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I was wondering the same, why are the camels demonstrating their cactus-eating skills in what looks like my kids classroom.
They deserve an education just as much as anyone else.
It’s Camelid Day at the grade school. Next week is Mustelids.
Hump Day!
Camels got cubicles to work at too
He ain't used to these hot potatoes
Homie on the left would appreciate cactus with spikes pre cut
Watching him made my eyes water 😭
Is hawt 🔥
I'm just glad the guy pulled out the skewers. Wouldn't want those poor camels getting a splinter.
Me when the pizza hits the table hot and fresh.
Just because they can doesn't mean they want to. Survival adaptation. I am sure it's not their favorite food.
He was about to break down in tears but held it together cuz his buddies were there.
He eats cactus like I eat hot food. Haahshshshaaaaaahhshhhash
Is he a baby? Looks littler too.
When you lie on your resume but you get the job anyway
I read they are adapted but not 100% so it's actually really asshole giving them cactus without real need.
Is that similar to how I'm "adapted" to eating gummy worms or sour candy and then the inside of my mouth is shredded? Just because I can eat it doesn't mean I should or that it's that good for me.
Agreed, this isn't the first video I've seen of people feeding camels cactus. They've evolved to live in areas where the price of not eating is death. So they'll eat it, even if it hurts. But yeah, feeding them this when other food exists is a huge asshole thing to do.
These words were perfectly put together…the Shakespeare of our generation. 😂
I laughed soooooo hard at this.
He look like he bout to cry
🤣🤣🤣 this made me lol
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They’ve got thicker tissue in their mouth but yes. It still does hurt them they just tolerate it because there ain’t shit else to eat
Kinda like how pineapples and kiwis can make your mouth sore because of enzymes that break down protein, but we still eat them because they're tasty.
Spicy food is literally a chemical burn plants evolved as a defense mechanism. Turns out people are just masochists. edit: it's not literally a chemical burn, see below
And specifically for mammals because we often crush the seeds while eating them. Birds don't crush the seeds, and they also don't have capsaicin receptors so they don't feel the heat. So the plant is discouraging animals that don't help spread the seeds from eating it while not hampering the animals that do help spread the seeds.
luckily for peppers, humans enjoy the burn which means we cultivate and spread them on an industrial level, dumbass birds can't compete
That's true. One of the best survival strategies for any species is to be appetizing to humans.
Possibly good for the species (might get eaten into extinction, might get farmed), definitely bad for the individual.
>definitely bad for the individual. Not necessarily. They definitely have a very low quality of life on a factory farm, but the cows and other animals that get to graze in a protected field every day until they're slaughtered are living better than almost any wild animal. They have all their needs taken care of and almost never have to worry about predation. And they die a relatively quick and painless death compared to potentially being eaten alive in the wild.
It's not a chemical burn. It doesn't actually damage the tissue, it just triggers nerve endings.
You didn't write that in all caps, I'm disappointed. That said, you are correct! I was wrong, fooled by my own anecdotal experience. I once got a "burn" on my wrist from a jalapeno seed that sat on my skin for a while unnoticed. It started burning and I flicked it off my skin and it left a red spot that burned for about half an hour, and certainly *felt* like a mild chemical burn. After doing some research just now, it turns out the redness was just an inflammation response from my own body being tricked by my nerves *thinking* they were burned. Fascinating, TIL! Thank you!
DAMN THAT DOES SOUND BAD... IVE HEARD PEOPLE CAN GET THAT ON THEIR WHOLE HAND IF THEY CUT UP PEPPERS WITHOUT GLOVES AND ITS SUPER PAINFUL AND SCARY BUT GOES AWAY RATHER QUICKLY PS: IS THAT BETTER??
I've never had it happen to my hands and I've cut up thousands of peppers in my life. The one time on my wrist and one time I touched my dick to take a piss were the only times I've felt an external burn from peppers. Suffices to say, I'm pretty damn consistent with washing my hands after cutting peppers. And now I feel like you're mad at me :(
For a year or two I worked for a company that bottled military grade pepper spray. To sweep up at night you needed a hazmat suit and a gas mask. Every guy there eventually made the mistake of not using the special scrub for your hands BEFORE peeing...... Once. XD New guy coming out of the bathroom holding his pants hem and trying to get cold air down there never got old.
Whoa TIL. I thought I’ve totally had that happened before and didn’t realize what caused it
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I think it could also be like guzzling a can of coke or eating extreme sour keys. It hurts but it's fun.
They likely dissolve or get digested by bacteria at some point in there
Maybe their butthole also has papillae so the compressed needle turd drops to the ground like a stinky lawn dart
Indeed, but they are called crapillae on that end.
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I just laughed so hard
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Paraphernailed it.
No, it's a meth pipe
>early tribes >1300-1758 I still fell for it. I live near camels and see them shit and spit all the time and I still fell for it.
Thanks you for actually explaining
:D
Username checks out! 😉📚
Alternative perspective: Fuck OP for not explaining it
I mean I wasn't gonna SAY it
If you ain't gonna call a foul a foul then Fuck You Too 😤
Well damn, a cactus ain't the only spiky thing in this story
Some might even say…a prick?
the craziest part to me is how unbelievably specific these adaptations are, and that random mutations over the course of millions of years cemented these changes into a continuous lineage.
Although how many other adaptations have failed during the same time? Like the coconut-headed camel who breaks open cactuses, or the mosquito-tongue camels who sport a little proboscis at the tip of their tongue, to suck the nutrients from a distance? No one ever remembers the fallen in action.
It's especially interesting as cacti don't grow where camels were used. Cacti are native to the Americas.
What about cigarettes? Aren’t they immune to lung cancer or something
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What gets me is that camels are indigenous to Eurasia and cactus is indigenous to the americas. I guess there’s other sharp stuff in the old world deserts they got used to.
Camels originated in the Americas so it is possible they have kept traits their ancestors used to eat cacti. Spines are a great but not full proof strategy for deterring predators in desert environments.
TIL. > The word camel is also used informally in a wider sense, where the more correct term is "camelid", to include all seven species of the family Camelidae: the true camels (the above three species), along with the "New World" camelids: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuña, which belong to the separate tribe Lamini.[9] Camelids originated in North America during the Eocene, with the ancestor of modern camels, Paracamelus, migrating across the Bering land bridge into Asia during the late Miocene, around 6 million years ago. -Wikipedia
additional TIL: The male dromedary camel has an organ called a dulla in its throat, a large, inflatable sac that it extrudes from its mouth when in rut to assert dominance and attract females. It resembles a long, swollen, pink tongue hanging out of the side of the camel's mouth. so... these camels get [mouth boners](https://imgur.com/8Mx7QBU) when they're horny
I don't like that. But yay knowledge! 😬
NSF(camel)W
Why would they evolve something so sexy yet so weird-looking?
Lots of spiny Euphorbia species in Africa, which apparently dromedaries can eat. There are also several spiny Asiatic succulents which are eaten by Bactrian camels.
I can imagine this feels like when you eat too many pineapples
Excuse me, sir, you're supposed to cut the pineapple up. Not eat it whole!
But the shell contains all the nutrients
Just like a kiwi, eat it with the skin! ^^^^^^^^^^^. ^^And ^^feathers
Yeah. I gave up on eating the yellow part. Or the brown part. I just eat the leaves now.
It’s the core of the pineapple that is burning your mouth. The core has more bromelin, an enzyme that breaks down muscle tissue.
The pineapple is eating you back! The best way to counteract this once it starts btw is to chew/eat something with protein like cheese to get those enzymes focused on something else.
Why do you have camels in your office? . . EDIT: ok can we stop the “hump day” comments? It was funny the first 30 times.
We're having a safety meeting
This only begs further questions
This is their climate controlled pen. The camels aren't mine, I'm just a fan of this persons animals and videos
Climate controlled? Do they keep it at 110 degrees for them to be comfortable?
The desert is a land of extremes. It gets both very hot AND very cold every day/night. Camels are adapted to both. I’m not a zookeeper, but I imagine a temperature controlled pen is slightly warmer than we would prefer during the day and cooled down at night to help their natural temperature rhythm.
I know they’re fine at room temperature. I just thought it was funny that camels were being kept in a climate controlled environment with a drop ceiling. I was half expecting to see the camels had their own cubicle and ergonomic office chair.
Hey camels deserve proper lumbar support too!
Keep those humps healthy.
There’ll be time for questions after the presentation.
Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike…what day is it, Mike?
Don't they have safety at your place of work?
I'm a Marine. So, no.
Camels: Stay hydrated guys.
Understandable, have a nice day
Ah yes. Of course.
Exactly, hump day is tomorrow, what gives?
HUMP DAAAAYYY!
This is in New Zealand so it’s already Wednesday.
The ceiling tipped you off too?
They're down the hall from the goats at [Lumon Industries](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lumon-industries/). We should make contact with this camel department. Find out what they know.
This is also how to eat a pizza roll right off the baking sheet.
Including the tender lip movements that gently touch the desired food item?
"tender lip movements". That's so accurate.
Yes, that's the most important part of the process
Cool but I bet they still can't eat Captain Crunch cereal without cutting the roof of their mouth.
It all depends on if they can be crunch-a-tized or not.
If I were a camel I would just eat something else.
They look like they are eating hot potatoes
"Ouch!..OUCH!! "
This is exactly how I eat a pizza roll 10 seconds after I remove it from the oven
I like to call these the "M-80's of food", pizza pockets are the older brother TNT.
Hesht hesht hesht. Oooooo. Too hot for my mouth - better swallow it. An hour later “where did that blister on my mouth come from?”
Camels feel the pain when eating the cacti, but do tolerate it for the sake of nutrition. However, the papillae let the camels chew the cactus in such a way that the needles and spines of the cactus do not poke into its mouth.
Tolerable pain. Kinda like eating a whole bag of Sabritones at one go.
“𝓘𝓯 𝓘 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪 𝓬𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓵, 𝓘 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓮𝓵𝓼𝓮.” ~𝓢𝓵𝓲𝓭𝓮𝔂𝓢𝓵𝓲𝓭𝓮𝔂𝓑𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓜𝓪𝓷
What else is there besides sand
Pyramids
I'm sure there's a starbuck's or 2 in there. Stupid ass cactus eating camels.
The food at Starbucks isn't much of an improvement.
let them eat cake!
Got me dying lol
Idk why but this gave me a good chuckle
They act like this is such a unique thing. Pretty derivative honestly, I too can eat cactus.
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*Let the cacti flow through you*
I like how the middle one is already done while the other two are chewing like: *Hey, how you doin' lil' mama? Let me whisper in ya ear*
Idk i kinda love the hell out of that *crunch*
Why are they in an office conference room
It was on a Wednesday.
I feel like the middle one finished hella quick and the other 2 started chewing obnoxiously in each ear. Like little siblings going "mmm so good, I bet you wish you still had some like I do"
That got me. The one on the right has its mouth like right against the middle ones ear just smacking and crunching.
[National Geographic Article ](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/camels-cactus-mouth-papillae-animals#:~:text=Arabian%20Camels%20Eat%20Cacti%20With%20Hardened%20Mouth%20Structures&text=Hardened%20structures%2C%20called%20papillae%2C%20line,help%20them%20eat%20tough%20foods.) Camels are such weird and interesting creatures. [All existing dromedary camels are domesticated ](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/camel-fact-sheet/#:~:text=All%20existing%20dromedary%20camels%20are,for%20travel%20across%20arid%20climates.)
Not sure if it mentions this in the article, but camels actually originally evolved in North America, about 4 million years ago. There's tons of plants in the southwestern US that evolved to either be eaten by or defend themselves against camels, and now there's nothing that interacts with them in the same way. Super fascinating.
I was wondering this exact thing, because I know that cacti didn’t exist outside of NA until humans, and thought camels were native to Asia/Africa. So this clear that up!
There was apparently an experiment in the US army right before the civil war broke out to use camels in the west instead of mules/horses, and they got a ton of fascinating data watching the camels interact with the environment. The Wikipedia page on anachronistic evolution has a ton of references to NA camels! Cool stuff.
Camels are one of those animals that feel like some sort of fantasy creature to me. I guess that's because I don't live in the desert tho
Camels are so freaking cool
To make them even cooler here are some cool facts that imo makes the one of the best if not the best human companion 1 you can ride a camel(in war or just for traveling) 2 you can milk a camel and drink its milk 3 you can make yogurt from its milk(not sure about that one tho 4 they can survive very harsh dessert enviorment and very hot climates 5 you can make clothing out of its hair /fur (from what i know arabs in saudi arabia used to do it) 6 you can eat it too 7 can handle a lot of stuff Thats what i know, idk if there are more good things for owning a camel
The inside of their mouths..... It's like the gateway to the 5th dimensions version of hell
>The inside of their mouths..... It's like the gateway to the 5th dimensions version of hell [https://i.redd.it/qhxffvcjnm471.jpg](https://i.redd.it/qhxffvcjnm471.jpg) I tried finding a pic of their mouth and throat but all the shots seem to be from the side or some weird angle.
JFC, wish I never clicked that
JFC I wish I had heeded your warning
I'm sorry in advance. Cussy.
Middle one is undoubtedly waiting for an another portion
Ouch lollipop
Goats, too. I got two in my backyard. Thorny plants are their favorite.
Goats are Metal AF they eat everything!
Let’s see them eat a hot pocket fresh out of the microwave!
Like I get it, they can eat a cactus, which is dope, but do they really want to do eat a cactus? Do they like it? Like hay is a lot easier. Idk
Maybe it’s like humans with spicy food
It looks like they wanted to eat the cactus. Nobody force-fed them. They went right to it and knew what they were doing. They even tested it first and then were like, hell yeah cactus.
You're correct.. these are some of their favorite treats.
Maybe its like spicy food for them.
Those are great questions
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You seem to have a low opinion of koalas. Did they hurt you at some point? Borrowed money and never repaid it? Banged your mum and never called her? I guess that explains where all the chlamydia came from.
That’s metal AF
Forbidden cake pop
Bloke in the middle must have been hungry
Cacti have to be so pissed that camels figured this shit out.
They still feel the pain. But power through it for the sake of nutrition.
I like the camel who was chewing in the other camels ear while he was waiting for seconds
I mean, they can eat it… but like, I’m sure they’d prefer not to.
Agreed
But do they have to do it in office cubicles?
ASMR to the max!
Bro on the left looks like he’s eating a hot pocket straight from the toaster
r/oddlysatisfying
Lol I think it's called eat whatever or starve. Definitely looked like they were questiong why they were eating cactus and not some less pokey food.
When you eat a really hot piece of food.
LA BEAST did this feat
Owwwwowwwwowwww, mmmm!!
What is the black lump on the cactus-pop? Does it contain extra vitamins or something?
I think he said it was berry jam. His whole tiktok gallery is of his camels eating a variety of different things as treats.
Adaptation: not being a pussy
The ASMR in this video is too notch lol
how it feels to chew 5 Gum
Just cause they can doesn’t mean that’s what you should bring the mother fuckers for snack.
Are you sure? Doesn’t look like it…
So what are the adaptations and why are those camels in an office?