Bizzarro world.
Don’t pet the bison.
The victims, who died on scene, were identified as Bobby Matheny, 42, of Ridgely, and Tommy Gunn, 67, of Obion.
Mess with the camel and you get the hump.
I’d heard they can have nasty dispositions. Loose in a petting zoo? Seems like a poor practice.
Did they smoke the camel?
Stick with goats and Bunny rabbits and stuff
Poor souls didn’t wake up this morning expecting to die. RIP
No one is guaranteed one more breath.
I don’t know if it’s what happened here, but male camels can be very dangerous when they go into rut. They can really bite and slash with their teeth as well as stomp and kick.
Freegards
I’d walk a mile for a Camel.
I've never seen a camel at a petting zoo. This doesn't sound like a good choice of animals to pet. Domesticated does not mean tame.
Camel was probably mad it didn’t win the beauty contest.
My sympathies for the families of those killed.
Probably the last time there will be any camels present at that zoo from now on. Their liability insurance is likely to grow exponentially. All it takes is one incident like this. Today, there were two of them. Zookeepers better lawyer up.
Best to stick with Llamas or better yet, Horses as the most ‘exotic’ animal at that kind of zoo.
Reminds me of the wonderful old song, Midnight at the Oasis...
Shoulda sent that camel to bed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bjzuSO27fA
My wife and middle daughter went to a wildlife wolf rescue place in the Rockies outside Denver. They were petting the wolves. Yikes! I wasn’t there.
Same middle daughter got peed on by the monkeys at Gibraltar.
Oldest daughter got spit on by a llama at a zoo.
I’ve had mama deer stomping their front feet at me when I was 20 yards from their fawns. I stomped my foot right back at her and she took off with the kids.
My wife came across a mountain lion on a trail in the SF Bay Area. She backed away and the cat went the other way.
I’ve had moose go by pretty darn close to me. They are the orneriest and most unpredictable beasts.
We’ve all lived to see another day, thank God.
Camel did nothing wrong.
Gotta watch the Camel toe.
Do you know what day it is?
Not hump day, the day to get stomped by a camel.
Awful. RIP.
I have a client who has camels on her land in N. Texas. Yeah, I don’t know why. They are males and she says they hate men. They’re ok with women.