What do camels eat in deserts?

What do camels eat in deserts?

First, animals have a bifurcated upper lip, each half of which moves separately, which allows the camel to feed on short grass - a must in the desert, where everything grows slowly.

Secondly, the lips of the animal are leathery and tough, but still flexible, which means that camels can eat both thorny and salty plants (such as plants in salt marshes).

Dromedary camels, which have a single hump, primarily feed on "thorny plants, dry grass, and salt marshes," but the animals will eat just about any desert plant available. And Bactrian camels (C. bactrianus and C. ferus, that is, two-humped) in Mongolia also feed on the leaves of some trees.