Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

On 10/2/2024 10:58 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 04:04:26 -0000 (UTC), Mike Van Pelt
<usenet@mikevanpelt.com> wrote:
 

In article <rh3ofjh7lppb4srpb0csegat3bn7vdq5f6@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

That's why two types of camels exist: one for hot deserts, one for
cold deserts. The number of humps is the clue as to which you are
looking at, when you are looking at a camel. Or so I have been told.

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Huh.  I wasn't aware of that distinction.  I recall reading
that the U.S. Army experimented with camels for use in the
Southwest, and abandoned the project for some reason.
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And way back when... there was a TV western where Our Hero
rode a bactrian (two hump) camel.  Not that I expect the
TV people to get this right, but did the Army try to use
the wrong kind of camel?

 I have no idea.
 More likely they found out why the camel has been described as "a
horse designed by a committee".

Camp Verde, Texas.  A little over two hours north of me, been there a few times. Basically a general store and restaurant now. The camels were successful but a big problem was that the Army's horses and mule would generally not tolerate them. As soon as the horses and mules smelled the camels they'd go crazy and bolt. Soldiers didn't like the smell either.
They were used successfully to transport supplies and for reconnaissance patrols. They performed better than the mules, some of which died on the treks. In fact, one camel was bit by a rattlesnake and showed no ill effects. (Yeah, may have been a dry bite, who knows.) The commander of the camel corps extolled their virtues and requested (IIRC) a thousand more but congress never got around to authorizing it. Army command just kind of ignored the whole thing.
After the civil way they were sold off as a bunch to a private concern who sold a few to the Ringling Circus but then the Army reclaimed them, sent them to Arizona and let them loose. They just died out.