The Llama and which other animal has oval rather than circular red blood cells?
Camels and Llamas are from the Camelidae family. Camels are found in Asia and Africa. Llamas are found in South America.
Camels have a series of physiological adaptations that allow them to withstand long periods of time without any external source of water. Unlike other mammals, their red blood cells are oval rather than circular in shape. This facilitates the flow of red blood cells during dehydration and makes them better at withstanding high osmotic variation without rupturing when drinking large amounts of water: a 600 kg (1,300 lb) camel can drink 200 L (53 US gal) of water in three minutes.
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Vicky Forrest
Great question
Annie Wiederstein
Wow! That IS interesting!
✨KRISTA✨
👍 Big thumbs up on this q&a!💕
Chris Brown
Interesting, but I'm afraid I gave the wrong answer.
Cujo
I lliked the question. Llet's have more llike this.
Player
Irene Townsend, camels are not native to Australia though. They are able to survive quite well
Player
What about guanaco & vicuna?
Cheryl McMeekin
Great question, thought about the answers and the only logical one would be the camel!!!
Irene Townsend
Great question and information. Camels and llamas are from the same family so made it easier to answer. Camels are also found in Australia
ricrob
Loved the question..
Mico
Chevere la pregunta
Joanne Serin
The camel seems to resemble the llama the most closely. So that seemed like the most logical choice.
Marilyn Bolton
53 gallons of water in 3 minutes 🤩I thought my son drank fast 😳
earlepg
Both inhabit drier areas.
Carl Bowles
...finally quit Camels
teresab
Do alpacas come into this category too?
patrhea
Eric Leif Peters, yes and agreed. I picked the giraffe too!😉