Art: how come there's no more camels? too many animal are going extint
kirby.d.mills: Well, I can look this up, but I doubt that camels ever existed in Oregon. Could you be thinking of a different animal?
Art: no I mean the camel
Art: because I know for a fact there's deserts in oregon that they just don't tell us of
kirby.d.mills: Hmm....let me check something
kirby.d.mills: I'm looking in the Encyclopedia of Mammals and camels have not existed in our continent--they are strictly Africa and Asia. The llama is in South America.
Art: thats what I was saying!
Art: the llama is the wrong kind of camel
Art: but I my friend has them all over his farm
kirby.d.mills: Well--the other types have never existed in North America--they seem to have evolved after the continents separated. Of course, someone could transport camels over here from Asia or Africa....but they don't *normally* live here.
Art: alls I was saying is that I think if we find that desert the camels won't be extint no more
Art: but you know what I think the llama is better than camels anyways
kirby.d.mills: Well....from what I can tell, the Asian and African camels evolved after the continents separated so we wouldn't even find fossils of them here. Llamas may actually be better for this area, if you decide to raise them here. In fact I'd bet on it.
Art: how long does it take for llamas to evolve into a camel?
kirby.d.mills: I'll see if I can find anything about their history...
Art: and do they eat the same kind of food?
Art: I wouldn't want to have to buy whole new food if I had llama food but not camel food
kirby.d.mills: Ah, I think I can find that pretty quick..
kirby.d.mills: It turns out you were partially right -- camels originated in the african and Gobi deserts, and parts of North America.
Art:See! I told you!
Art: And Oregon too
kirby.d.mills: Well that would be a bit of a stretch
Art: Alls you have to do is get up in one of them balloons and I bet you you'd find that desert.
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