The Wild Camels of Mongolia's Gobi Desert
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In the Gobi Desert, Adiya Yadamsuren tracks a wild camel to a water hole.
In Mongolia's Gobi Desert, we join scientist Adiya Yadamsuren and track down the elusive wild camels as they seek out the only water around… springs of water that are saltier than seawater. We then follow the female across the desert and are able to capture the first footage of a newborn baby wild camel.
The Wild Camels of Mongolia's Gobi Desert
Clip: Episode 3 | 3m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
In Mongolia's Gobi Desert, we join scientist Adiya Yadamsuren and track down the elusive wild camels as they seek out the only water around… springs of water that are saltier than seawater. We then follow the female across the desert and are able to capture the first footage of a newborn baby wild camel.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAdiya tells us there were once 40 water holes here.
Now, with climate change, there's nearly half that, and the ones left are getting even saltier.
♪ ♪ They can drink water 8 times saltier than any other animals can withstand.
♪ She's looking around and drinking again.
[Campbell-Staton] The camels drink for a long time... [Adiya] It takes one or two hours.
[Campbell-Staton] gulping down an astounding amount of water.
[Adiya] Yeah, 40, 50 liters.
[Campbell-Staton] That's 10 gallons in one go.
♪ Drinking this quickly would kill most other mammals, but their red blood cells can swell to more than twice their regular size without bursting, allowing the wild camels to rapidly rehydrate... ♪ so the secret to the atomic camels is in their blood.
[Adiya] Can you imagine that?
That's amazing creature.
[Campbell-Staton] It is amazing.
Sometimes life can find a way to overcome seemingly impossible challenges... ♪ and that should have been the end of the story... until Adiya spots another camel After drinking her fill, she's heading straight back across the desert with a particular determination that makes Adiya think she may have another secret to reveal.
For 40 miles, she heads north... and what happens next is something our team never dreamed of capturing.
♪ This is the first time a newborn wild camel... [Camel bellowing] has ever been filmed here.
♪ ♪ [Adiya] That's very special, very unique.
I can't imagine that when I see that.
[Campbell-Staton] This is what it's all about for Adiya.
[Adiya] Her next generation, new calf.
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