Are there any animals that can go longer without water than a camel?
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Adult crocodiles can live for many months without water if necessary. Several species, such as Mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris) and Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni), have to endure long dry seasons, when available water holes and rivers dry up into a dusty wasteland for three or four months. American Cockroaches can go about a month without water.
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Kangaroo rats supposedly can go 3 to 5 years without water. Quote: During the long dry periods characteristic of southern Arizona, no evidence that the animal seeks a supply of succulent food, as cactus, is found; and if it may go for two, three, or six months without water or succulent food, it is reasonable to suppose that it may do so indefinitely. Link to USDA LIFE HISTORY OF THE KANGAROO RAT http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17966/17966-h/17966-h.htm
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