Sementara manusia akan sekarat jika kehilangan air setara dengan 12% berat badan, seekor unta kurus dapat bertahan hidup kendatipun kehilangan air setara dengan 40% keseluruhan berat badan.
While a man will be near death if he loses body water equivalent to about 12% of his body weight, a lean camel can survive losing body water equivalent to 40% of its body weight.