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The Camel's Back
Randy Cohen in New York Magazine, 1978
The Camel's Back
Randy Cohen in New York Magazine, 1978
At what point did the straw break the camel's back? In his Treatise on One-Humped Camels in Health and in Disease, A. S. Leese reports that camels can generally carry from 240 up to 1200 pounds--which only "the very best animals" can manage. The record for camel capacity in Australia is 1904 pounds.
