Camel vs horses.

Camels and horses, to very similar animals it would appear, ion this post I will debate which animal is the best by weigh up the strong and weak points. I will briefly argue each topic round by round for both sides and at the end of all the round will decide upon a winner.

	Camels:	Horses:	Winner;
Strength	The average camel weigh about 650kg is capable of carrying approximately 400-450kg, which is about 65% of its body weight.	The average horse on the other hand weighs in at about 545kg and research has shown that they can carry on average 109kg merely 20% of their body weight.	Camel by a mile
Speed	A camel in the desert doesn’t usually have much need to run very fast but staggeringly and shown in the sport of camel racing camels run at speeds of  65km/h	The average race horse gallops at about        40-48km/h.	The Camel again victorious, leaving racehorses eating the its dust
Riding ability	The camel is a great riding animal if you have a good saddle it can not only take more weight than a horse but also if need go faster as well. They can also be relatively easily trained. Also camel feet have better grip that horses and make less sound.	The horse is a more traditional riding animal and more equipment is available to buy and more trained horses are on the market as well. However horses need to be shoed, make more noise and create more damage to the ground than camels.	This was a close one but the scales for me just tipped the way of the camel.
Better pet	Training and caring for a camel is a niche market so you should probably know what you’re doing. However if you are a bad owner and forget to say feed your pet camel or give it water it has been reported that it could survive up to seven months!!!	Horse training and equipment is far easier to come by making life as an owner undoubtedly easier.	There are pros and cons on both side for this section so a draw would be a fair result.
Intelligence	It is hard to tell which animal is more intelligent however it has been reported that camels are more capable of getting themselves out of tricky situations such as untangling knots it may be caught in.	Horses are quite clever but if confronted with a problem such as being caught in a knot it may struggle and kick giving itself rope burns.	The test of brains goes to once again the notorious camel.

 Of course I may be a little bias however the amazing camel has come out well on top in this showdown.