Fourteen camels dead after train collision

http://www.timesofisrael.com ^ | December 18, 2013, 8:58 pm | By Times of Israel staff

[Red Badger]

Dromedaries were strolling on train tracks in Negev unsupervised; no passengers injured in crash.

Fourteen camels were killed near the Negev town of Segev Shalom after being struck by an oncoming train. No passengers were injured in the collision.

The camels were apparently loitering unsupervised on the train tracks in a poorly-lit area. Following the crash Tuesday night, the train driver stopped at the nearest station for inspection and alerted the police. The train continued on to Beersheba shortly after.

The police were working with local veterinarians to track down the camel owners.

“Animals roaming on the train tracks are often hit by passing trains,” an Israel Railways spokesperson told the Ynet news outlet. “The braking distance of the train is about 800 meters and the driver has no option to stop the train before impact.”

Last April, a train struck a cow herd in an area north of Beersheba, killing fifteen cows on impact.

[Slambat]

“You don’t suppose they were herded there in an attempt to create a derailment...”

Or maybe attempted train robbery?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeg4pRqK5Uc

[tx_eggman]

Is Dromedary good eatin’?

One will feed a family of 25 with plenty left over ...

[NormsRevenge]

I agree. This one smells like a set-up.

[beelzepug]

Now the camel has a lot of fun,
He gets to do it in the desert sun.
He always gets two humps for one,
As he revels in the throes of fornication.

from “Cats On the Roof tops

[SpinnerWebb]

Their version of TurDucHen from Wikipedia

The Guinness Book of World Records lists the recipe as the "largest item on any menu in the world", "prepared occasionally for Bedouin wedding feasts.".[2] According to the Milwaukee Journal, the steps are:

Cook eggs. Stuff eggs into fish. Cook the fish. Stuff the fish into cooked chickens. Stuff the cooked chickens into roasted sheep. Stuff the roasted sheep carcass into a whole camel . . . now cook to taste.[6]

There is a reference in culinary expert Richard Sterling's book The Fearless Diner in which he claims to have met someone who cooked the entire recipe for "some sheik or other," in Saudi Arabia. Water Music by T. Coraghessan Boyle contains a recipe for camel stuffed with dates, plover eggs, carp, seasoned bustards, and sheep, baked for two days on hot coals in a trench.[7]

[SpinnerWebb]

... changing my tagline now ....