although the Arabian camel can go without drinking for a long while, its hump does not store water as is commonly believed. The real secret of the animals unusual ability to store water lies in the fact that very little of the camel‘s water is lost by evaporation through the skin. Instead of sweating out great quantities of water, the camel‘s body temperature rises, sometimes as much as eleven degrees, to compensate for external heat. When a camel does require water, it replaces only the amount lost since its last drink

In Egypt, between November and April , the camel can go for three or for months without drinking if it grazes in lush pastures where drew and showers keep the vegetation green, If only dry feed is available , the camel will get thirsty after several weeks-even during January

The length  of time a camel can go without drinking is greatly determined by time of year, force of wind, heat in the air, intensity of sun light, amount of reflected heath, kind of feed, weight of the load carried, speed he animal travels, and number of hours spent daily in travel