You see, camels are one of the only animals in the world that store all their fat in one spot. And that’s useful for keeping cool in a hot climate because heat can escape faster from the rest of their body, which helps them maintain a lower body temperature. Compare that to other mammals, like humans, who store fat all over, making it a lot harder to stay cool. Today, camels still use the fat in their humps as a food reserve, but they’re not the only ones.
In extreme circumstances, the Turkana tribe in Kenya, for example will eat camel fat to survive. They suffer a lot from periods of extreme drought, and I have seen these people, they’ve been very, very short on food, and this is difficult to believe, but it’s true, slit open the top of a camel’s hump, take out the fat for their own consumption, and then put the top of the hump back on again.
But don’t worry, the camel makes a full recovery and instances are rare. But this practice has started to generate some buzz around camel fat as a new superfood. Turns out, camel fat is loaded with fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals.
Camels are one of the only animals in the world that store all their fat in one spot, and that’s useful for keeping cool in a hot climate because heat can escape faster from the rest of their body. In extreme circumstances, the tribes in Kenya desert regions eat camel fat to survive, this practice has started to generate some buzz around camel fat as a new superfood. Turns out, camel fat is loaded with fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals.
