the shape of the hump is made up of a cartalidge like material.. and like human noses, that often get more hooked as they get older from the cartalidge stretching over time, camal's humps tend to topple and fall to the right or left as they get older.

zoo animals (even when used for camal rides, as the bronx zoo uses them) are so well cared for, they out live their cousins--as domestic camels out live wild ones, zoo animals outlive domestic ones (on average). the slow leasurely pace of a 'camel ride', even with out of weight adults riding, is till less than the ton of goods a working camel might have to carry, up and down dunes, or hills, for months, on short rations...
zoo animals have shorter working hours, less to carry, and better rations.. and live long enough for their humps to collape!


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