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Posted by: Cinderella

Australian Woman Killed By Amorous Camel





An Australian woman was killed by a pet camel given to her as a 60th birthday present after the animal apparently tried to have sex, police said Sunday.

The woman, whose name was not released, was killed Saturday at her family's sheep and cattle ranch near Mitchell, 350 miles west of the Queensland state capital Brisbane, state police Detective Senior Constable Craig Gregory said.

The 10-month-old male camel — weighing about 330 pounds — knocked the woman to the ground, lay on top of her, then exhibited what police suspect was mating behavior, Gregory said.

"I'd say it's probably been playing, or it may be even a sexual sort of thing," Gregory said, adding the camel almost suffocated the family's pet goat by straddling it on several occasions.

Camel expert Chris Hill said he had no doubt the camel's behavior was sexual.

Hill, who has offered camel rides to tourists for 20 years, said young camels are not aggressive, but can be dangerous if treated as pets without discipline.

The fate of the camel was not known.

The woman was given the camel in March as a birthday present from her husband and daughter. "She had a love of exotic pets," Gregory said.




http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3181944.shtml

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Posted by: KozmoKramer

I'm sorry, but that must have been one fugly broad if the camel couldn't tell the difference....

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Posted by: screamineagle

Mental note: buy amorous camel for wife for bday.

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Posted by: pahapoika

too bad they took away all their guns , somebody could have shot the damn thing !

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Posted by: adroitcuffs

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Originally Posted by Cinderella "She had a love of exotic pets," Gregory said.

And apparently, her exotic pet had a love of her!!!

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Posted by: JW12

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Posted by: SargeLorenzo

Damn, i just hope my death doesn't resemble a Hustler Humor cartoon.

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Posted by: NewEngland2007

Did the camel light up a Camel afterwards?

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Posted by: SOT

So he threw a hump into her

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Posted by: Wolfman

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Hill, who has offered camel rides to tourists for 20 years, said young camels are not aggressive, but can be dangerous if treated as pets without discipline.

Maybe the camel just wanted to see what it was like to be a rider for a change.

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Posted by: NewEngland2007

You know what would suck? Having to explain to people for the rest of your life that your mom got humped to death by a camel.

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

...I just dont know what to say, Im speechless!

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