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On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:47:03 +0200, "CeeJay" <newsgroups@ceejay.cjb.nOt> wrote:
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:Camels AFAIK have TWO humps , so neither of theese perlscripts show camels.
:They show that other kind of camellike being with only one hump which english
:name eludes me at the present time.
:
:Hmm since the dansih word is dromedar and I can find the word dromedary in the
:source I'm guesssing the english name is dromedary.

Camels may have one hump or two.  

Dromedary camels are one-humped. (Camelus dromedarius)

Bactrian camels are two-humped.  (Camelus bactrianus, or Camelus ferus)



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