Dr. Bader Alhajeri and I visited Alotham farm in Abdili, Kuwait. Adel Alothman, a recent graduate of the Zoology program, arranged the trip to his family farm. We collected hair samples for our Cdrom archive and examined our instruments for body measurements. We thank Alothman family for allowing us to sample their camels. We thank Abo Mohammed, the camel handling worker, for his patience and help for three hours.

Trip summary:

1) Young camels are harder to sample

2) Spend few minutes talking to the camel before collecting body measurements J to calm the camel

3) Noticeable differences in hair texture and length between camels especially between Wadh and Sufor

Hasan Alhaddad