Camels are one of the most useful animals on earth, and for thousands of years, many people in Asia and the Middle East have depended on them for their way of life. Camels can live where food and water are scarce, tolerate the blazing heat of a desert's summer as well as the freezing cold of its winter months, and easily carry loads weighing more than five hundred pounds. The lively text and forty engrossing full-color photographs detail the unique physical characteristics that allow the camel to live in an extreme environment.