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brooklynite

(94,571 posts)
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 04:04 PM Sep 2019

Next week on "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom..."

Woman bites camel’s testicles to escape enclosure after being sat on at truck stop zoo in Louisiana

A woman bit a camel's testicles after the 600-pound animal sat on her in its enclosure at a Louisiana truck stop, according to authorities.

She had entered the enclosure in an attempt to retrieve her dog, according to the Advocate newspaper. The woman’s husband had been throwing treats under the camel’s fence at Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, igniting last week’s bizarre incident.

“The camel did nothing wrong,” Iberville Parish Deputy Louis Hamilton Jr. told the Advocate. “They (the couple) were aggressive. The camel was just doing its normal routine.”

After the woman and her husband both crawled into the enclosure, the camel, called Caspar, took issue with their presence and apparently sat on her.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-woman-bites-camel-escape-enclosure-20190923-ozqqlmvwvbfylpkd6eko4kxoiq-story.html
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Next week on "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom..." (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2019 OP
Camel testicles bitten in Grosse Tete? jpak Sep 2019 #1
That is a headline for the ages LonePirate Sep 2019 #2
Make sure you have a complete understanding of her intentions before you allow democratisphere Sep 2019 #3
The poor tiger they had there was the saddest thing you ever saw. Dustlawyer Sep 2019 #4
I guess that's one of those things you tell your grandchildren about years later... The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #5
Oh God, How did I know they were a Florida couple? Fla Dem Sep 2019 #6
Well, I guess when you see an opportunity Dagstead Bumwood Sep 2019 #7
that will be on Frangela's "Idiot of the Week" later this week. yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #8

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
3. Make sure you have a complete understanding of her intentions before you allow
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 04:33 PM
Sep 2019

any women into your enclosure. Innocent camels must be protected from these kind of attacks!

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
4. The poor tiger they had there was the saddest thing you ever saw.
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 05:07 PM
Sep 2019

I never understood why people would want to see that. The station owner had signs about his court victories against PETA and others and was trying to raise money to continue legal fights.

They should spend money on their outdoor bathrooms which are the worst ever and leave animals alone.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
5. I guess that's one of those things you tell your grandchildren about years later...
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 05:24 PM
Sep 2019

Or maybe not.

"Then there was that time when that camel sat on me and I bit his balls to get him off me. Haw, haw, haw..."

"Aw, Grandma, you're just making that up."

Fla Dem

(23,668 posts)
6. Oh God, How did I know they were a Florida couple?
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 06:15 PM
Sep 2019
The Florida couple ignored warning signs, and Bossier said they should have asked for help. They were cited for a leash law violation.

"My only question to her husband was: ‘Why did you throw the doggy treat under the fence?’ Hamilton told the Advocate. “And he just said, ‘I wasn’t thinking.’”

Dagstead Bumwood

(3,630 posts)
7. Well, I guess when you see an opportunity
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 06:20 PM
Sep 2019

To cross something off of your bucket list, you gotta take it. And, that's not a reference to her climbing into the enclosure.

yellowdogintexas

(22,252 posts)
8. that will be on Frangela's "Idiot of the Week" later this week.
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 03:26 AM
Sep 2019

Stephanie Miller was talking about it this morning

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