The camel can travel many days in the desert without a drink.
Its body is very good at saving water, so it can walk a long way between drinks.
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The camel can drink a huge amount of water in just a few minutes.
After a long dry spell, a thirsty camel can gulp down over 100 liters very quickly.
Meerkats take turns standing guard while the others look for food.
A lookout meerkat stands up tall and calls out if it sees anything, keeping the whole group safe.
The kangaroo rat can live without ever drinking water.
It gets all the water it needs from the dry seeds it eats.
A desert tortoise digs a burrow to escape the heat.
It hides underground where it is cooler, then comes out when the sun is not so strong.
The fennec fox has huge ears that help it stay cool.
The big ears let heat out of its body, and they also hear tiny bugs moving in the sand.
A camel stores fat in its hump, not water.
The fat gives the camel energy for later, when food is hard to find in the desert.