That’s why they’re called “ships of the desert”

Camel humps are not filled with water.

It’s a common belief that camels store the excess water in their humps – they do not, they store fat for the times when food sources get scarce. However, those beliefs are a myth that was embedded in some cultures and legends. Those beliefs were developed to explain the camels’ ability to survive weeks without water. During the times of the Silk Road, merchants loaded camels with heavy goods and set a trip between the Middle East and China. Camels were convenient transportation to cut through a baking hot desert where the water sources were scarce. In fact, nowadays scientists state that oval-shaped blood cells, not the humps, contribute to the camels’ endurance to dehydration.