I never realised that there are hybrid Arab/Bactrian dromedaries. Apparently they are a lot stronger than either type of pure bred. Anyway, little article on possible hybrids amongst the reliefs carved at Hatra. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/iconographic-evidence-of-hybridisation-between-camelus-bactrianus-and-camelus-dromedarius-at-secondcentury-ad-hatra-iraq/A4DECADBFE3919190B9E14E78CA290F7 (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/iconographic-evidence-of-hybridisation-between-camelus-bactrianus-and-camelus-dromedarius-at-secondcentury-ad-hatra-iraq/A4DECADBFE3919190B9E14E78CA290F7)
Now we know how they were able to have those super heavy cataphract camels... 8)
We've touched on hybrid camels before - inspired by an Ottoman camel skeleton, see http://soa.org.uk/sm/index.php?topic=1690 - but this new article is certainly interesting. Thanks.
So, do the progeny of such breeding programs have 1, 2 or 1½ humps?
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One and a half, apparently.
One large hump with a very distinct dimple or cleft like Kirk or Michael Douglas' chin...