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To: ilovesarah2012

Vast numbers of them, but not in the places where most people live or visit.

The country is mostly desert so in the 19th century, camels were brought over in large numbers to help people travel through the desert. It made sense and it worked - helped a great deal in opening up the continent.

Now we don’t need them anymore, they are a feral pest.


21 posted on 06/09/2011 6:39:51 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

I learn something new on FR every day.


26 posted on 06/09/2011 6:41:53 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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"feral pest"

Which leads us to this question: how good eating (roast, fried, baked, whatever) is camel?

30 posted on 06/09/2011 6:50:20 AM PDT by driftless2
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