Camel eating grass in Indian village life punjab rural life

The Peterborough Zoo is home to a variety of animals , including two Bactrian camels , a male and a female . They are amazing and majestic creatures , more inquisitive and intelligent than we give them credit for . They are housed in a large enclosure and they are well cared for . In fact , the Peterborough Zoo is one of only two facilities in Ontario that met the standards for care of the Zoo Check , an organization that rates zoos on a wide number of criteria . These camels actually have a steady supply of fresh hay and they are never lacking for nutrition , but on this warm spring day , they have their hearts set on some lush , green grass that grows just out of their reach . Winter in Peterborough has just run its course and the snow has not been gone long . The camels have not had access to grass for a long time and they have grazed on all the grass shoots within reach . As the camels stretch their necks and try to get at grass growing along the fence , a zoo patron watches and sees what they are hankering for . He knows it is against the rules to feed the animals , but surely the main reason for this is to protect them from being given popcorn and sandwiches , or other human food . If the grass that they have been able to reach is on the menu , then the grass that is out of reach can be on the menu too . The man with the camera can't resist helping them out and he plucks a few clumps of grass and carefully squeezes it through the bars . Although he has no idea if the camels can distinguish fingers from the greens , it isn't hard to hold the grass in such a way that his fingers are protected . To his pleasant surprise , the camels were extremely gentle and they used their lips to carefully take the snacks without even a hint of a bite . Camels have large mouths , like horses , and it would be very easy for their powerful jaws and teeth to cause an injury of they wanted to