http://www.metafilter.com/tags/dromedaries Posts tagged with 'dromedaries' at MetaFilter. Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:51:48 -0800 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:51:48 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/56852/My%2DHumps%2DMy%2DHumps%2DMy%2DFeral%2DPopulation%2DJumps From far away they came to toil under the scorching Outback sun, and their hardy dispositions and tireless labor helped to create the central <a href="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198801/camels.down.under.htm">Australian railway and telegraph</a> systems. <a href="http://www.camelphotos.com/camels_australia.html">They</a> are the <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6599903">Camels</a> <small><small>[NPR story w/ audio]</small></small>, and today they are free (well, okay, <a href="http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/camel/index.html">feral</a>), and they are many (700,000 strong, at least.) While they're no <a href="http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00946/accounts/accounts.htm">cane toads</a>, they're becoming a bit of a pest. What to do with all those dromedaries? Well, you can <a href="http://www.zipzak.com/">race 'em</a>, or you can <a href="http://www.ourestore.com.au/stores/cacia/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=9&cat=Forequarter">eat 'em</a>, or maybe you can even try <a href="http://www.pigswillfly.com.au/?p=789">milking 'em</a>. Just get 'em before they get <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2494049,00.html"><i>you</i></a>, mate. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.56852 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:51:48 -0800 australia camel camels cane_toads dromedaries drought racing maryh