X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,d9498d9f0aab9deb X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-19 16:41:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!news-in-sanjose!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BF9A6C1.2010107@usa.net> From: Peter Henderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.3) Gecko/20010801 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: camel References: <3baa0398.0109042226.26fd6146@posting.google.com> <9n6o0c$g1v$1@qnsgh006.europe.nortel.com> <7ZYAMCAmJ7l7EwqD@zaynar.demon.co.uk> <3b98b39d$0$89043$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <9nemfq$le7$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 19 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 00:41:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.0.34.122 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 1006216892 24.0.34.122 (Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:41:32 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:41:32 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:11086 Bill Taylor wrote: > Dale Hennessey writes: > > |> Dromedary camels are one-humped. (Camelus dromedarius) > |> Bactrian camels are two-humped. (Camelus bactrianus, or Camelus ferus) [snip] > For a mnemonic on the camels, just remember that bactrians, from Bactria, > i.e. mostly Afganistan, have more hills on them, to go with the hilly > terrain there, (especially as opposed to Arabia!!) (Sorry for the delay) Or for a better mnemonic, Dromedary camels have on hump. The letter D has one hump. Bactrian camels have two humps; the letter B has two humps. Imagine the first letter in the camel's name lying down on the camel's back. Sincerely, Peter Henderson peterhenderson@usa.net