# As God Is His Witness ,Jon Stewart Thought Camels Could Walk in Snow **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388 "2011-02-23T21:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/1 "2011-02-23T21:49:44Z")
[http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/video-daily-show-tortures-camel-madison\_552378.html](http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/video-daily-show-tortures-camel-madison_552378.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/2 "2011-02-23T21:52:07Z")
Evidentially the person who owns the camel thought it too. In fact, this might be the first time in history a camel has walked on snow and ice. Thank you Daily Show, thank you for pushing the bounds of human knowledge. Otherwise, meh. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/3 "2011-02-23T21:53:18Z")
Shoulda got one of them there Bactrian camels. Unless it was one of them there camels. I didn’t watch the video at work and the “article” says it was a Middle Eastern camel. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/4 "2011-02-23T22:01:41Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > … In fact, this might be the first time in history a camel has walked on snow and ice. … I doubt that, since Bactrian camels are common in Mongolia. What may have given this camel problems are the smooth pavement, and the green fences that it was tripping over. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/5 "2011-02-23T22:19:57Z")
At the start of the video, it’s pretty clear he caught his leg in the fence. He wasn’t tripping on the snow. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/6 "2011-02-23T22:21:14Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I doubt that, since Bactrian camels are common in Mongolia. What may have given this camel problems are the smooth pavement, and the green fences that it was tripping over. Your facts are hurtful things. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/7 "2011-02-23T22:22:19Z")
This is stupid. It’s leg is caught in the green piece of fence. Nothing to do with the snow. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/8 "2011-02-23T22:34:16Z")
99% comic genius 1% oy vey:smack: FTR, the last time I had to endure a frozen toilet, I was in the middle of the Syrian desert 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/9 "2011-02-23T22:36:32Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I doubt that, since Bactrian camels are common in Mongolia. What may have given this camel problems are the smooth pavement, and the green fences that it was tripping over. I once walked a camel on the snow-free but cold December sidewalks of 6th Avenue in NYC (sorry, no cite from a reputable publication, but the animals in the Radio City Christmas show are walked on the streets).\* It had minor trouble keeping its feet under it, you needed to be very careful and not rush it along. They are not build for hard, flat surfaces. The handler should have been aware of this; I doubt that John Stewart sent his correspondent to the exotic pet store. * * * \*Yes, as expected, New Yorkers indeed act like you walking your camel down the street at 6 AM is no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/10 "2011-02-23T22:55:54Z")
> [@Teh Weekly Standard](#): > > Who knew that an animal indigenous to the Middle East couldn’t walk on snow and ice in the Midwest? Wait, humans are originally from the savannah! How do we do it!? :rolleyes: If a dromedary can hack sand, I suppose it can hack snow. The cold was probably uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/11 "2011-02-23T23:09:58Z")
That’s dumb, it can snow in Morocco, I’m pretty it’s not the first time a camel sees snow. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/12 "2011-02-23T23:20:16Z")
[http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Jabal-Katherina/photos/1133](http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Jabal-Katherina/photos/1133) I think in this case the blogger in the OP does not travel in winter. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/13 "2011-02-23T23:21:28Z")
I like the apparent misunderstanding of censorship in the update to the article, “If I’m not mistaken, it appears that Daily Show correspondent John Oliver walks in front of the camera at one point and urges the man shooting the video to turn it off. Censorship!” ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/14 "2011-02-23T23:21:51Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Wait, humans are originally from the savannah! How do we do it!? With shoes. The bottom of a camel’s foot is a big, fairly slick rounded pad. It doesn’t boggle my mind at all that they are poorly adapted for icy conditions or cold pavement (or the mountains of Morocco). The one I was walking had clear difficulties with a dry sidewalk. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/15 "2011-02-23T23:28:52Z")
Yeah; meh. However, I’m kind of reminded of that episode of WKRP in Cinncinati where they dropped turkeys from a helicopter.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/16 "2011-02-24T00:02:16Z")
The problem with the camel in the video has nothing to do with the snow. The camel’s right rear leg is trapped between the bars of the portable fence. As noted by **Capitaine** and **GIGObuster** , [camels routinely walk in snow](http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_581/12972366501Z4cBz.jpg) in many of the countries to which they are native. They can take the cold too. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/17 "2011-02-24T00:03:59Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Yeah; meh. > > However, I’m kind of reminded of that episode of WKRP in Cinncinati where they dropped turkeys from a helicopter.😃 Hence the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/18 "2011-02-24T02:21:25Z")
He did because they [can](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hVlsUtIKmE). ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/19 "2011-02-24T02:56:50Z")
So _that’s_ where the sound effects for the Banthaa and Taun Taun came from! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388/20 "2011-02-24T03:29:33Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > So _that’s_ where the sound effects for the Banthaa and Taun Taun came from! No kidding! We were at our local zoo a couple of days ago, and the camels were frolicking outside in their enclosure, full of snow and ice. I also call bullshit on this. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-his-witness-jon-stewart-thought-camels-could-walk-in-snow/572388.md?page=2)