Camel Carnage Confounded
Another Animal Uprising™ plot was foiled by alert German authorities. Apparently the guards at the Hanover Animal Jail (they keep using the euphemism "zoo") got wind of something involving the camels. And not the usual thing camels are noted for putting in the air, either. No, this was word of a plot, not an aroma. So the guards moved the camels to other cells and discovered what they had been hiding.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Around 500 people and more than 2,000 animals were evacuated on Friday after a 500-pound (227 kilogram) World War Two bomb was unearthed in the camel enclosure at Hanover Zoo.
"The bomb was located during construction work because the cage is being remodelled," zoo spokeswoman Simone Hagenmeier told Reuters, adding that the device was about two metres (six feet) under the ground.
The frustrated camels are reported to be spitting mad. However, since this is completely normal behavior even when they are in a good mood, the report may be exaggerated. Not that we indulge in any exaggeration around here, we hasten to add.
