Spitting, Kicking, Humping

Remember the cautionary tale of the camel that pokes his nose into the maiden’s tent slit?

“Oh, look at those eye lashes! And he’s sooo soft and cuddly. And OMG TWO humps!”

And. . .

The next thing the sweet young thing knows, she’s sharing her tent with a stinky, spitting, knobby-kneed camel.

But, wait. . .

Let’s look at this tale from another point of view.

The camel is perfectly adapted for desert life. He can march for days across the hot sand, kick a predator in the head without even slowing hi...