Thirsty camels in search of water to be culled

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 7:42 am

Docker River, an Australian Outback town, is under siege from 6,000 wild camels which have laid waste to the area in search of water.

Thirsty camels lay siege to Australian Outback town - Telegraph

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:08 pm

I know a man who can debone a whole camel for eating ..exuisite work .

They are not native you know......they were brought here by the afghans..... I like this thread you'll get to know a little bit of Australian history.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:36 pm

Some twit gave us cane toads too.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:08 am

AussiePam;1275049 wrote: Some twit gave us cane toads too.

You mean they're not native?

How were they meant to benefit you?

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:29 am

Like usual the toads were to eat a bug that (I beleve) destroyed the sugar cane.

Now they are right through QLD and NSW and on our borders. Never heard of Cane golf?

Havent you guys ever seen the episode of the Simpsons where Bart want's to bring into the country a pet frog? but ends up taking home an evil koala? (drop bear) :wah::wah::wah:

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:34 am

Scrat;1275047 wrote: Brought there by Afghans? Didn't know that. Europeans brought the rabbits right? Any other juicy tidbits to share?

You sure could use the Tasmanian wolves about now I guess.

Yep, some bright spark brought them into the west of Victoria and waited until they were many and used them as food and game. Like rabbits they bred and spread. Then we have the foxes .......

why do I get the feeling I'm being humoured?

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:40 am

Scrat;1275047 wrote: Brought there by Afghans? Didn't know that. Europeans brought the rabbits right? Any other juicy tidbits to share?

You sure could use the Tasmanian wolves about now I guess.

Tasmanian wolf? wha the heck is that?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:02 pm

Being humoured? Yeah, I reckon we're having our chains yanked, Fuzz... Still - it is amazing how little some foreigners seem to know about Australia. One of the questions I was asked at an Illinois middle school by 11 year olds was 'Did we have books here?". Those kids were serious. A few of them did however know roughly where Australia was and knew we had snakes and spiders and sharks (thanks Steve I).

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:19 pm

As long as you've plenty of nuts there. You can't have enough nuts. And figs.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:44 pm

Scrat;1275177 wrote: I guess they were once on the Australian mainland and were marsupials. Australia's version of the Coyote? They would have loved rabbits and camels.

That would be the Tasmanian Tiger Scrat. And interestingly they don't believe it extinct anymore. They believe it still may be (weirdly enough) in the Tasmanian and Victorian high country. Wouldn't be the first time they've said something was extinct here and then it pops it's head up.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:46 pm

OpenMind;1275247 wrote: As long as you've plenty of nuts there. You can't have enough nuts. And figs.

Well the figs are a given ... We need the leaves because we all run around naked you know.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:47 pm

AussiePam;1275236 wrote: Being humoured? Yeah, I reckon we're having our chains yanked, Fuzz... Still - it is amazing how little some foreigners seem to know about Australia. One of the questions I was asked at an Illinois middle school by 11 year olds was 'Did we have books here?". Those kids were serious. A few of them did however know roughly where Australia was and knew we had snakes and spiders and sharks (thanks Steve I).

Well it's more parchment than books.....But they are books to us.

(little monty pyth there ):wah:

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:36 pm

fuzzywuzzy;1275258 wrote: Well it's more parchment than books.....But they are books to us.

(little monty pyth there ):wah:

I'm still writing on bark, Fuzzy.. well, at least I make little charcoal signs on the bark. Is that writing?

And it's too hot to wear fig leaves here. I'm in the altogether.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:43 pm

I don't quite think people realize the scale of such a problem! 6,000 roaming camels isn't a cup of tea and a biscuit!

6,000

Honestly!

Bring in a few Hornets, that aught to take care of the problem! It will give the pilots a bit of target practice...I mean,..camels can reach speeds of "up to 65 km/h (40 mph) in short bursts and sustain speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph)"! FFS!

There's always a trainer or more that will be more than willing to scout out the more dominant ones!

If all else fails you can just eat them!

6,000!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:53 pm

Yes, they were brought by Afghans originally, but a military solution is probably not necessary.. sigh...

Can we can this thread, Fuzzy. It's getting plain embarrassing.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:21 pm

AussiePam;1275415 wrote: Yes, they were brought by Afghans originally, but a military solution is probably not necessary.. sigh...

Can we can this thread, Fuzzy. It's getting plain embarrassing.

I'd ship them off to be slaughtered(Keeping of course plenty to keep the herd adequately sustained) going to feed hungry people across the country or the world...

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:48 am

fuzzywuzzy;1275257 wrote: Well the figs are a given ... We need the leaves because we all run around naked you know.

I thought as much.:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:50 pm

Scrat;1275511 wrote: Either take out 80% of them or nature will. The fact that so many are causing so much trouble should tell you that they are getting desperate. Australia is in a bad drought, it isn't going to get better soon. Maybe relocate some of them, tell the Saudis, some of their best racing camels come from wild stock. They may be interested for breeding purposes and new genetic material.

finally a good solution, re-locate.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:19 am

So is this issue still unresolved?

Honestly, is anyone against "I'd ship them off to be slaughtered(Keeping of course plenty to keep the herd adequately sustained) going to feed hungry people across the country or the world..."?...

Is there something in camel tissue that all humans are allergic to?

No one likes the idea of eating camel? Perhaps a bit too dry? No one likes jerky?

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:16 am

M-m-m-m, roast hump of camel.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:01 am

I've never tried camel meat.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:02 am

OpenMind;1296065 wrote: I've never tried camel meat.

It's the other red meat.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:51 am

hoppy;1296018 wrote: M-m-m-m, roast hump of camel.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:17 am

hoppy;1296018 wrote: M-m-m-m, roast hump of camel.

there you go

http://www.recipezaar.com/Whole-Stuffed-Camel-67495

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hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:56 am

beowulf;1296082 wrote: there you go

Whole Stuffed Camel - 67495 - Recipezaar

That actually sounds good. Almost as good as sitting around the oasis eating your dates.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:25 pm

beowulf;1296082 wrote: there you go

Whole Stuffed Camel - 67495 - Recipezaar

can you say re-locate?:-5

Amythest · Post by **Amythest** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:34 pm

Oh Look! it's acompanied by assorted roasted rodent appetizers!

EWWWWWWWWWW!:yh_sick

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:48 pm

beowulf;1296082 wrote: there you go

Whole Stuffed Camel - 67495 - Recipezaar

Now everybody and their damn grandmothers knows that if this picture were of a stuffed whole cow they'd be placing ":yh_sick" and "gross" all in the same contexts.

I've found the uglier an animal is the tastier they are so I'd try camel because a camel is one of the ugliest animals I've ever seen!