Why only camels dare to eat cacti? Won't it hurt? shivering after watching

I believe that friends are absolutely no strangers to cacti. This kind of green plant with thorns all over its body is deeply loved by everyone because of its tenacious vitality. Many people like to keep them as potted plants at home. Under normal conditions Under the circumstances, most people and animals will not easily choose to eat cactus as food. However, the camel known as the "ship of the desert" especially likes to eat cactus, and it still eats it with relish every time, but the cactus stings so many times. , why won't the camel be stuck in the mouth?

Because camels and cacti are creatures that have grown in the desert for a long time, the harsh living environment in the desert has made both camels and cacti evolve their own characteristics of resisting nature. Due to the extreme lack of water in the desert, almost no creatures can survive. Only drought-resistant plants like cacti can survive, and although camels can store part of their own water, after traveling long distances in the arid desert, the water stored in camels will run out sooner or later.

In order to replenish their own water sources, camels can only choose to eat the only cactus in the desert that is relatively rich in water to quench their thirst. Apart from the only cactus in the desert, there is no other good food to eat. Therefore, in order to adapt to the thorns of the cactus, camels have evolved hard and rough lips and tongues, and a large number of sharp teeth on both sides of the mouth. The spines of the cactus resist the hard outer spines of the cactus.

The so-called one thing lowers one thing, no wonder the camel will not get stuck in the mouth when eating a cactus full of thorns. It turns out that the camel's mouth itself has a cheek that can hold the thorns of the cactus.