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Meet the only truly wild camel left on Earth that survives by drinking water saltier than the ocean
Aug 7, 2026
The Times of India

Meet the only truly wild camel left on Earth that survives by drinking water saltier than the ocean

The wild Bactrian camel is the only truly wild camel species left on Earth. Fewer than 1,000 individuals survive in the Gobi Desert. These animals drink water saltier than the ocean, a feat no other mammal can manage. Researchers said, "water researchers have described it as intolerable to any other mammal."