Our camels, Tibet and Kalif, are Bactrian camels. The name "Bactrian" comes from an ancient region in Asia called Baktria.

Bactrian camels have two humps. They live on the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia, where the temperature rises to 140 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and drops to arctic cold in the winter. They are beasts of burden and can carry loads of 700 pounds or pull loads as great as 1,000 pounds. Bactrian camels travel about 2.5 miles per hour, covering as many as 29 miles in a day.

Where do Camels Come From?
Camels evolved in North America some 40 million years ago. At that time, many species of camel thrived in what is now the western United States, including Nebraska. Two million years ago some camel species migrated into South America, where their descendants became the vicuna, guanaco, llama and alpaca. Other camel species went west over the Bering land mass and entered Asia. The Dromedary and Bactrian camels are their descendants.