On 02/06/2013 12:21 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: > I gasped when I saw this headline, from Concord, California. Turns out the > camel wasn't hurt, but escaped onto a local road, twice, the second time > being clipped by a minivan, which knocked the animal down, after which, the > camel got up, ran around in circles, and was as good as new. > > Observations: > 1. Pretty smart camel, to keep escaping over its fence. > 2. Two million years of evolution can't be all bad, bouncing off a minivan > without a scratch, and all. > 3. Why would someone in the West own a camel? > a) camel rides? > b) camel milk and cheese? > c) a future ottoman? > d) because they can? > >
The camels got loose (several of them) because someone stole the copper wiring to keep the fence closed.
