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EXPLORERS and travellers in Arabia such as Doughty1, Lawrence2 and Thesiger3 have given support to the tale that desert Bedouin can travel while suffering degrees of water deprivation that cannot be tolerated by visitors to the desert.
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JOHNSON, R., CORBETT, J. & WILKINSON, R. Desert Journeys by Bedouin: Sweating and Concentration of Urine during Travel by Camel and on Foot. Nature 219, 953–954 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219953a0
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