A MURDOCH University molecular ecologist says “Judas camels” fitted with tracking devices greatly enhance the chances of finding and subsequently culling wild camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Australia’s deserts.

Photo by Jordan Hampton

His conclusions come after a close study of camel behaviour in the wild.

This is only possible in Australia because Arabian camels are technically extinct in their native habitat, Arabia and the Sahara.

Camels don’t spend their lives in the same family group – they constantly leave the groups they are in to socialise and mate with others.

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