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Arrived in Cuba to use camels for the shooting and transportation of sugar cane. This occurred in the harvest of 1834 and the first place was used in the canton of Canímar, jurisdiction of Matanzas. The excess of humidity of our climate and insects foiled the attempt to use the country for agricultural work in this animal is capable of carrying 500 pounds at a rate of over 40 kilometers per day and without drinking water for 72 hours. The camel can drink up to 90 liters of water at once because in his hump, which seems a huge sponge, it can store that amount. Source: Radio Baragua, Santiago de Cuba. Cuba
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