There are several stories every year about some "pet lover" or other getting in trouble – or getting killed – by some exotic pet or another. Whether it is a pet python who strangles its owner or someone getting bitten my a venomous pet snake, it is distressingly regular news. But this is the first time I've ever heard of this particular one. An Australian woman who was given a camel as a pet for her 60th birthday has been killed by the Camel. Who apparently was attempting to have sex with her.
The woman, whose name was not released, was killed at her family’s sheep and cattle ranch near Mitchell, 350 miles west of the Queensland state capital Brisbane, Detective Senior Constable Craig Gregory said.
The 10-month-old male camel — weighing about 330 lbs — knocked the woman to the ground, lay on top of her, then exhibited what police suspect was mating behaviour, Mr Gregory said.
“I’d say it’s probably been playing, or it may be even a sexual sort of thing,” he said, adding the camel had almost suffocated the family’s pet goat by straddling it.
Chris Hill, a camel expert, said he had no doubt the camel’s behaviour was sexual.
Apparently, longtime camel owners know that camels have to be disciplined or they can become dangerous. Treating them as pets with no discipline is a recipe for disaster.
Yet another reason for Australian sheep to be scared.
I can’t decide on whether to make a “hump” joke, a “camel toe” joke or a make some point of the “up” in Animal Uprisingâ„¢.
A woman dies and I’m upset because I have too many opportunities to make jokes. I am a bad, bad man.
Yeah, things like this could be a source of some black humor. But I thought about how the family who gave her the camel for her birthday must be feeling right now. That kind of killed the urge for me.
You made my comment for me, Gaius. This is a sad post.