The word "camels" is correct in written English.
It can be used when referring to the large, even-toed ungulates known for their ability to survive in arid environments.
Example: "The caravan of camels trudged through the desert, carrying supplies for the long journey ahead."
Alternatives: "Dromedaries" or "Bactrians."
There are mules and camels to ride and mountain bikes to rent, but I couldn't resist trying the nine-hole "cross country" golf course, which runs along a nearby rocky riverbed and is more akin to crazy golf.
I turned around.. I don't want to be rude, but I gave two fingers to the camels.
So, you can imagine when you're wanting to slow down, [but] you can see the checkpoint is a long way away and the camels are behind, it's a bad situation to be in.
The team also tested 105 camels in the Canary Islands, where they serve the tourism industry, and found 15 of those were infected, or 14%.
The animals came from various places in Oman, suggesting the virus or one like it was widespread in camels across the country, said the researchers in their paper in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.
In a linked commentary, Vincent Munster, of NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, US, pointed out that there had not been reports of camels falling ill as a result of the virus.
As long as he didn't say anything about taking selfies with camels.
You feel totally dizzy, a bit sick, your balance goes and you need to slow down – but if you slow down on this one, you get done in by the camels that are coming slowly but inexorably behind.
They called for further studies and especially for investigation into any contacts with camels, camel products or camel meat by those who have fallen ill.
The infection could have been imported in camels from Africa, where there are bats carrying a virus related to MERS-CoV.
"This fact begs the question of whether the detection of MERS-CoV neutralising antibodies in camels from both Spain and Oman is a result of unrelated cross-species transmission events or whether the virus has been circulating in camels for a long time.
