Mar 20, 2018
Every year in Saudi Arabia, a beauty contest is held for camels. With over 50 million dollars in prize money, competition is stiff. Over 30,000 camels participate each year being judged for batty eyelashes, pouty lips and perfectly placed humps. The camels also compete in an obedience contest.
Recently several camels were disqualified from the beauty pageant because their thimblerigging or dishonest handlers attempted to enhance their appearance with botox!
Camels are very social animals and seem to talk to each other with moans and bellows. Camel sounds were used to voice the character Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies! There are two types of camels. The Bactrian camel has two humps but can you guess where camel milk comes from? A dromedary!