Camels are thoroughly strange and disgusting

[Stoid]

I just watched a documentary About camels. They are the strangest, most disgusting things! They drool and blow weird rasperries with ugly red floppy baloon organs out of their mouths. Not to mention the whole eating each other thing, but that wasnt mentioned in this documentary, i saw that on youtube.

If you notice any camel docs, check it out. Way weirder than you thought.

[KneeSid]

But even they look cool while smoking

[Eve]

They're not as creepy as fish--fish freak me out. They float there staring at you with their evil fish-eyes, and you know they are plotting and planning.

[Stoid]

Well, yeah, fish are the model for every freaky monster ever, I agree. But still, you gotta check out camels. WAY weird. Especially for being big mammals...I mean, you expect fish to be weird and creepy. And reptiles. And bugs. But mammals are generally pretty accessible. Not camels. Weird. And, as we know, crabby fuckers. Probably from being so weird. "I feel alienated from my animal order, so fuck off! And here's some foamy spit in your eye if you don't think I mean it!"

[Chefguy]

One hump or two?

[Eve]

My sister was spit--or barfed--on by a camel as a small child at a petting zoo, and I'm not sure she ever really got over it.

[Stoid]

Originally Posted by Eve

My sister was spit--or barfed--on by a camel as a small child at a petting zoo, and I'm not sure she ever really got over it.

<shudder> I sure wouldn't have. Would have meant thousands in therapy. Gah.

[Paul in Qatar]

The smell bad too. (Also they have that look on their faces. They know something, but won't tell.)

[Stoid]

The creepy camel raspberry. It's not a tongue. It's some special thing that exists just so they can do that with it. Fukkin' weird.

[miss elizabeth]

PRO CAMEL POST!!

They are really soft, and also have pretty eyes.

[Jackknifed Juggernaut]

Originally Posted by Stoid

The creepy camel raspberry. It's not a tongue. It's some special thing that exists just so they can do that with it. Fukkin' weird.

Wait, do all camels do that? Or just the particularly disgusting ones? It's not really fair judge an entire species based on the acts of one sicko. You know that if humans could do that, we'd see a few of us doing it. I could fill about 100 posts with some of the disgusting things that I've seen humans do here on the streets of NY.

[Hello Again]

Originally Posted by Eve

They're not as creepy as fish--fish freak me out. They float there staring at you with their evil fish-eyes, and you know they are plotting and planning.

First of all, I am totally there with you on the issue of fish.

I'm tryin' to get some cultcha, so I'm reading Herotodus. He says that the Persians lead by Cyrus, defeated the famed Lydian cavalry lead by Croesus (as rich as...) at the Battle of Thymbra by putting their pack camels at the head of the charge. The Greek horses said "FUCK NO" and ran away; the Greeks had to dismount in order to fight.

Thus proving that camels disgust even war horses.

[Stoid]

Originally Posted by Jackknifed Juggernaut

Wait, do all camels do that?

I believe it is just the boys.

Trying to impress the girls, who are evidently impresssed. Ew.

And I admit they do have pretty eyes.

[Zsofia]

Originally Posted by Stoid

The creepy camel raspberry. It's not a tongue. It's some special thing that exists just so they can do that with it. Fukkin' weird.

OH MY GOD I was not expecting that! I hit the link, I was kind of watching it out of the corner of my eye with the sound off at work, and.... good lord.

[lieu]

Their toes are universally admired.

[cjepson]

The only camel I have ever met personally was friendly.

[Chefguy]

My driver in Cairo had a low speed head-on collision with a camel and his rider. There was more damage to the van than to the camel although the bloody thing squalled like it had been murdered. Tough bastards. To my knowledge no fish were injured.

[Marley23]

Originally Posted by Paul in Qatar

Also they have that look on their faces. They know something, but won't tell.

This is why I got my girlfriend a coffee mug with a picture of a camel on it when we were in the Abu Dhabi airport.

[PapSett]

Adding some camel love. I have been around several nice, friendly camels. Camels like me for some reason. We used to have a bacterain camel at our local zoo named Cashmeir who adored me for some reason- he would come running to me making that loud honking sound. (I used to hang out at the zoo almost every weekend) The keeper allowed me to feed him slices of apple and said he didn't take up with anyone else like that.

I love camels!

[Daylate]

Had to add this bit of information.

Q. Do you know why camels are called "ships of the desert"?

A. They are always filled with Arab semen.

And while on this subject (sort of),

Did you know that the first condom was invented by Arabs in the 13th century by using the intestine of a goat?

Then the British improved it somewhat in 1876 by first removing the intestine from the goat.

Sorry - I'll go away now.

[Hello Again]

Originally Posted by PapSett

Adding some camel love. I have been around several nice, friendly camels. Camels like me for some reason. We used to have a bacterain camel at our local zoo named Cashmeir who adored me for some reason- he would come running to me making that loud honking sound. (I used to hang out at the zoo almost every weekend) The keeper allowed me to feed him slices of apple and said he didn't take up with anyone else like that.

I love camels!

I have to admit, that sounds insanely cute.

[Rand Rover]

Originally Posted by PapSett

Adding some camel love. I have been around several nice, friendly camels. Camels like me for some reason. We used to have a bacterain camel at our local zoo named Cashmeir who adored me for some reason- he would come running to me making that loud honking sound. (I used to hang out at the zoo almost every weekend) The keeper allowed me to feed him slices of apple and said he didn't take up with anyone else like that.

I love camels!

Yeah I love camels too. I bawled like a baby watching The Story of the Weeping Camel. Camel's just have an awesome look and way about them, like they know they're weird and don't give a shit.

[PapSett]

Originally Posted by Hello Again

I have to admit, that sounds insanely cute.

Oh, it was cute! He would close his eyes and rub his head on me and make these contented little humming noises at me, even when I didn't have a treat for him. I always wished I could smuggle him out of the zoo.

[jjimm]

Originally Posted by Rand Rover

Yeah I love camels too. I bawled like a baby watching The Story of the Weeping Camel.

Oh god yeah. I tear up even thinking about it. Poor little camel!

Anyone who has even a passing interest in camels and hasn't seen that movie has to see that movie. And everyone else should see it too. It's such an innovative and weird idea for a movie, and quite unlike anything else I've ever seen.

[Senegoid]

How the camel got his hump. (Not the way Kipling told it.) NSFW.

SPOILER:

The sexual drive of the Camel
Is stronger than anyone thinks.
He's lived for years in the desert,
And he tried to seduce the Sphinx.

But the Sphinx's center of pleasure
Lies buried deep in the Nile,
Which accounts for the hump on the Camel
And the Sphinx's inscrutable smile.

-- Anonymous

[PapSett]

I just had to share this... a camel doing dressage! He even does flying lead changes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFe-S...&feature=share

[Lukeinva]

On the History Channel show Mounted in Alaska miss Teen Alaska brought in a camel pelt for taxidermy. She hunted it and they showed a picture of her with a rifle standing over the camel right after the kill.

Who da thunk they hunting camels

[Machine Elf]

Didja know camels are ticklish?

[muldoonthief]

Originally Posted by Lukeinva

On the History Channel show Mounted in Alaska miss Teen Alaska brought in a camel pelt for taxidermy. She hunted it and they showed a picture of her with a rifle standing over the camel right after the kill.

Who da thunk they hunting camels

"Bizarre Foods" had an episode in Syria where they slaughtered and butchered a camel, then made a tasty sausage for the host. It's a meat animal in that part of the world.

And "Dirty Jobs" had an episode where he went to a camel farm in California and milked a camel. Apparently the milk is in high demand for some reason.

[freckafree]

Originally Posted by Stoid

The creepy camel raspberry. It's not a tongue. It's some special thing that exists just so they can do that with it. Fukkin' weird.

I had never seen such a thing, and after having watched this, I was compelled, in the interest of fighting my own ignorance, to find out more. And here's what I found. "Vesica palatina" is too lovely a term for such hideous protuberance.

You're welcome.

[kferr]

Camels are driving hazards - Camels give Austrian motorists the hump

[velvetjones]

Originally Posted by lieu

Their toes are universally admired.

Made me laugh out loud at work, small office, now everyone wants to know what's so funny. Thanks. I will never be able to explain this.

[Stoid]

Originally Posted by freckafree

I had never seen such a thing, and after having watched this, I was compelled, in the interest of fighting my own ignorance, to find out more. And here's what I found. "Vesica palatina" is too lovely a term for such hideous protuberance.

You're welcome.

Thank you! An excellent example of ignorance fought, well done!

(What was your search term? Camel and sexual display? Camel and dangling icky thing?)

[teela brown]

I have never, ever heard of a weird camel protuberance until reading this thread, and I watch a lot of nature and zoology shows. From everyone's description, I think I'll remain ignorant.

Although I can watch that species of seal that blows a big red balloon on its nose and flops it around. It's a bit gross but not horrific.

[purplehorseshoe]

Originally Posted by PapSett

I just had to share this... a camel doing dressage! He even does flying lead changes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFe-S...&feature=share

Oh, my. That's ... well, that's something else, for sure. Thanks for sharing!

[~Olive~]

I have used camels as a mode of transportation twice ...

[jjimm]

Originally Posted by freckafree

"Vesica palatina" is too lovely a term for such hideous protuberance.

My limited knowledge of Latin tells me that the translation into English brings us a term that is almost worse than the thing itself: "palate kidney".

[WhyNot]

Originally Posted by teela brown

I have never, ever heard of a weird camel protuberance until reading this thread, and I watch a lot of nature and zoology shows. From everyone's description, I think I'll remain ignorant.

Although I can watch that species of seal that blows a big red balloon on its nose and flops it around. It's a bit gross but not horrific.

It's kind of startlingly like that, actually. And ditto on the nature shows and this appalling gap in my informational bank on camels.

[freckafree]

Originally Posted by Stoid

Thank you! An excellent example of ignorance fought, well done!

(What was your search term? Camel and sexual display? Camel and dangling icky thing?)

After some poorly-chosen terms that yielded nothing but hits referencing camel toes, I think "male camel" + raspberry was what got me enough information to search for "male camel" + palate.

[Left Hand of Dorkness]

Originally Posted by Stoid

The creepy camel raspberry. It's not a tongue. It's some special thing that exists just so they can do that with it. Fukkin' weird.

Good lord, that's terrible. On the other hand, it just proved an effective childrearing technique. "Kid, get off the table! You better get off or I'm gonna show you that camel video again." She got off the table.

[Pixiesnix]

The most disturbing nature documentary I ever saw was on the spotted hyena. Apparently the female spotted hyena has a pseudo-penis ( a sort-of evolved clitoris) that is larger than the male's, along with a pseudo-scrotum formed by fused labia. A canal runs through the false penis through which the female urinates, copulates and gives birth.

In addition, hyena pack members greet each other by licking this pseudo-penis area. Basically, a "greeting blowjob."

[SubaRhubarb]

Originally Posted by Daylate

Had to add this bit of information.

Q. Do you know why camels are called "ships of the desert"?

A. They are always filled with Arab semen.

And while on this subject (sort of),

Did you know that the first condom was invented by Arabs in the 13th century by using the intestine of a goat?

Then the British improved it somewhat in 1876 by first removing the intestine from the goat.

Sorry - I'll go away now.

That's random and offensive. Why the hate?

[Derleth]

Originally Posted by Chefguy

One hump or two?

Dunno... how long until the owner gets back?

[Cicero]

I wouldn't mind waking up to a hump every morning.

[ralph124c]

A hijack-but what happened to the American camels (the ones imported by Sec. of War Jefferson Davis)? They were released in the desert southwest-were they all hunted and killed?
They seemed to do OK in Australia.

[Derleth]

Originally Posted by ralph124c

A hijack-but what happened to the American camels (the ones imported by Sec. of War Jefferson Davis)? They were released in the desert southwest-were they all hunted and killed?
They seemed to do OK in Australia.

On a related note, who here's been to the last resting place of Hi Jolly?

[ralph124c]

Yeah, they are ugly and smelly.
Bt a camel can't be beat-it is a beast of burden (goes where horses and mules cannot go).
It can be eaten, you can drink its milk and make cheese from it, you can use the hair for clothing, or the hides.
You can even use the urine (as a hair dressing)!
Wht's not to like about them?

[Rand Rover]

Originally Posted by PapSett

I just had to share this... a camel doing dressage! He even does flying lead changes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFe-S...&feature=share

Pure awesomeness. I may have found my new hobby.

[Rand Rover]

Originally Posted by muldoonthief

"Bizarre Foods" had an episode in Syria where they slaughtered and butchered a camel, then made a tasty sausage for the host. It's a meat animal in that part of the world.

Well here's to hoping those SOBs really do have WMDs and get what's coming to them.

[Sunspace]

Originally Posted by muldoonthief

And "Dirty Jobs" had an episode where he went to a camel farm in California and milked a camel. Apparently the milk is in high demand for some reason.

1. There are camel farms in California? 2. People drink camel milk? Weeird, man!

Personally, the only demand I can imagine for camel milk among non-camels is university students saying, "You won't believe what I put in that ice cream you just ate!"