〈與雙峰駱駝打招呼 Greeting Bactrian Camel〉

與單峰駱駝相比，雙峰駱駝更加稀有，牠們普遍居住在較高海拔的地區。以野生的雙峰駝為例，就主要分佈在中國北部及蒙古，特別是戈壁沙漠一帶。牠們身高（從腳至駝峰頂點計）可達兩米，體內能儲存數以百公升計的水，故此更能適應蒙古逾一千米的高海拔和沙漠地區。

二千多年前的商旅，就是利用雙峰駱駝的生存及載運能力，成功走出聯繫歐亞板塊的「陸上絲綢之路」；時至今日，仍有不少蒙古人利用雙峰駱駝進行遷徙，可見牠們對於北方人的遊牧生活，從古至今都舉足輕重。

Compared with Dromedary, Bactrian camel is rarer where they live in high-altitude areas. Wild Bactrian camels distribute over Northern China and Mongolia, especially Gobi desert. Bactrian camels can reach up to 2 meters tall, with storage of hundreds of liters of water inside their body, and they are therefore more adaptive to high altitude of above 1000 meters and desert, say Mongolia.

Over two thousand years ago, merchants made use of the high survival and carrying capacity to transport goods across Eurasia plate, i.e. the Silk Road. Nowadays, Mongolian people still use Bactrian camels to lift their belongings, which plays an indispensable role in their nomadic life.

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