Why do you think people choose camels to ride and not the other animals mentioned in the poem
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Bactrian camels were commonly used on the Silk Road to carry goods. They could be employed in high mountains, cold steppes and inhospitable deserts.
Camels are one of the most useful animals to humans. Particularly in the desert areas of the Middle East and the steppes of Central Asia, they are used primarily as pack animals but also are useful as mounts and as sources of milk, meat and wool.
Camels make screechy noises, have smelly bodies and always seem to be dozing off or refusing to cooperate but are the fastest animals in the desert and steppes, and have incredible endurance.
Camels are mentioned in the Koran and regarded by Bedouin as “God's gift." In the desert some people worry more about the well-being of their camels than they do of their own children.