17 February, 2008

Ships of the desert




Yesterday we visited a camel farm in the Black Forest. I've always heard about how ornery camels can be, but was pleasantly surprised by their placid, curious nature.

In fact, the camels at this particular farm are so laid back that they're used as therapy animals for children with personality disorders!







6 comments:

Rositta said...

Nice to see you visit my blog... A camel farm in the Black Forrest? I didn't see that when I visited that region, they must have been snoozing. I saw a lot of cake though...ciao

Jen said...

That's amazing. The only camels I know spit and are MEAN.

anno said...

Somehow I missed the camel farms, too. Of course, that was 40 years ago.

We have llamas around here. The sheep farmers keep them as sentries against the coyotes. They've got a reputation for being mean kickers. The llamas, that is.

Astrid said...

I've had one camel encounter and that too was quite so pleasant!

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africakidandtheworld said...

Betsy...
Only you would find a camel farm in the Black Forest!
I love it.

Goofball said...

so cute...didn't know that camel farms exit. Oh my little nephew would have a total blast there.

You know what a camel does? ...(then he licks his lip).