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True Facts: How Camels Conquered the Desert

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dalton_gentry 3 months, 3 weeks ago

0:46 I swear if these didn't exist and this was in a sketchbook, we would think it's some horror creature.

anel.valdez
anel.valdez 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I cried laughing several times during that emotional journey

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colleen_woodard 1 year ago

How did I never know about the chest pads? That’s amazing.

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micheal_santiago 1 year ago

I’m surprised they’ve survived this long with how much they smoke

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udarshsolara37 1 year, 2 months ago

I didn't know 90% of this content; thanks, Ze, and Jerry, wherever you are.

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shawn.henderson 1 year, 2 months ago

It’s a real shame I’ve only personally discovered this channel just now and not a decade ago

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stéphane_lagarde 1 year, 2 months ago

“Everything is a leathery pad” -4:50

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maríadelcarmenuribe801 1 year, 2 months ago

What a video! Well worth the time to view it (so many aren't). Learned quite a lot! Thanks for the effort to make it and post it.

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mariacecíliaalbuquerque427 1 year, 2 months ago

I think this is the first time I get recommended a video from a channel I've never seen, and I liked it so much to the point I'm adding it as a favorite video so I get to see this again after years, awesome stuff!

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tristan.miller 1 year, 3 months ago

I've actually been watching since teddy bear has an operation and I couldn't be happier with longevity and ability for learning this channel has brought me. Thank you Zefrank for the giggles and plentiful supply of fun facts!

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joseph_guerrero 1 year, 3 months ago

The "camel humps are full of air and will deflate like a balloon" bit was a fun callback to the early days of the series when it would make exaggerated lies to you for the lols. Then you came back and hit me with the new-to-me information that the camel humps are literally just caloric fat storage, not water, and that they carry the water in their blood. Every video with you guys is fascinating.

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beth.cisneros 1 year, 3 months ago

Am I the only one who envisions Jerry as an overworked, underappreciated snail at a typewriter?

angela.patterson
angela.patterson 1 year, 3 months ago

"We'd be die dead" no truer statement has ever been spoken.

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kerry_nicholson 1 year, 3 months ago

I missed you last month! So glad to have you back this month. Thank you so much for all these videos and thank you for being you.

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liesalangern86 1 year, 3 months ago

I wish this channel put out weekly videos! Because I am a huge fan and have seen every video produced on this channel. Keep up the great and hilarious work!! Your Emmy is in the mail!

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maríacristina_deanda 1 year, 3 months ago

I always forget this channel exists and then it just reappears in my sub box and my day is instantly 500% better.

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erick_pimenta 1 year, 3 months ago

And horses that aren’t familiar with camels tend to get super freaked out because from the horse’s perspective, a camel is some mutant freak monster. Once the horse gets to know ‘em though, they realize that camel is just Steve. He’s kinda weird, but he’s chill.

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vincent_webb 1 year, 3 months ago

So much going on in the video and the highlight of it all was "OBLONG!". Love these videos so much

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garytaylor19 1 year, 3 months ago

Sooo glad I found your content. Please never stop doing these. You rocketed to the top of my favorites list of animal documentaries.

michael.campbell
michael.campbell 1 year, 3 months ago

4:22 Things I could have done without knowing about camels. . .