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November 21, 2008 6:23:19 CST



Camels Walk a Mile for Escape-Artist Giraffe

Posted Jul 1, 08 3:14 CDT in World 

(Newser) – Fifteen camels, two zebras, lamas and potbellied swine went on the lam from a Dutch circus—with a giraffe masterminding their flight to freedom. The gang wandered around an Amsterdam neighborhood when the escape artist kicked a hole in the animals' cage, reports AP. They were all rounded up after several hours.

"You have to imagine somebody rubbing his eyes first thing in the morning and saying, 'Am I seeing things or is that 15 camels walking past?'" remarked a police spokesman.

Source Associated Press

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Hump goes Dutch.   ((c) indigoprime)
A giraffe, like this one at Singapore zoo, is said to have masterminded a mass escape by animals from a circus in Amsterdam.   (AP Photo)
Two zebras were among a group of animals that escaped from an Amsterdam zoo with the help of a giraffe.   (AP Photo)
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