Before camels became domesticated animals, were they ever wild, like the horse or dog?
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By definition, yes.
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I believe so. I mean, there's got to be some camels still out in the wild, aren't there? Even if people say there aren't any camels out there, we still can't be sure, unless we check every single place in the world to make sure there aren't camels...right?
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I think they were always domesticated.
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From Wikipedia: "Humans first domesticated camels between 3,500–3,000 years ago." Camels evolved during the Paleogene era, meaning they were around for millions of years before people domesticated them. Most dromedary camels are now domesticated and those that aren't are usually feral, but there are still some wild Bactrian camels in the Gobi Desert area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel
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Yes, however there are no more wild Dromedary camels left in Africa and the middle east. There are feral Dromedaries roaming the Australian outback however. Wild Bactrian camels still exist in Central Asia.
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they probably had a free life until the desert people made them full-time workers.
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