New Camels Found For the Future
One of the main problems with global warming is rising ocean levels, caused by melting ice sheets. As shorelines recede, there will be salt contamination of water tables. Now an animal has been discovered that may be very useful for the future: a camel that can survive on water that is too salty for other creatures.
Not only will the animals themselves be useful in days to come, their genes could be transferred to the DNA of other livestock, allowing them to thrive in newly hostile areas.
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