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Pet camel kills Australian woman | Pet camel kills Australian woman |
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A woman in Australia has been killed by her pet camel after the animal may have tried to have sex with her. | |
The woman was found dead at the family's sheep and cattle ranch near the town of Mitchell in Queensland. | The woman was found dead at the family's sheep and cattle ranch near the town of Mitchell in Queensland. |
The woman had been given the camel as a 60th birthday present earlier this year because of her love of exotic pets. | The woman had been given the camel as a 60th birthday present earlier this year because of her love of exotic pets. |
The camel was just 10 months old but already weighed 152kg (336lbs) and had come close to suffocating the family's pet goat on a number of occasions. | The camel was just 10 months old but already weighed 152kg (336lbs) and had come close to suffocating the family's pet goat on a number of occasions. |
On Saturday, the woman apparently became the object of the male camel's desire. | |
It knocked her to the ground, lay on top of her and displayed what the police delicately described as possible mating behaviour. | |
"I'd say it's probably been playing, or it may be even a sexual sort of thing," the Associated Press news agency quoted Queensland police Detective Senior Constable Craig Gregory as saying. | |
Young camels are not normally aggressive but can become more threatening if treated and raised as pets. | Young camels are not normally aggressive but can become more threatening if treated and raised as pets. |
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