Urinating camel, 16th century artwork. The camel is being led by its owner, and a monkey is travelling on its back. This is a one-humped camel (dromed

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Urinating camel, 16th century artwork. The camel is being led by its owner, and a monkey is travelling on its back. This is a one-humped camel (dromedary), found in North Africa and the Middle East. This is a woodcut from Cosmographie de Levant (1556), an account of travels in Asia, Greece, Palestine and Egypt by the French writer and explorer Andre Thevet (1502-1590).

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Photo credit: © MIDDLE TEMPLE LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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