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Fri 20 Jan, 2006 10:35 am
Quote:African hopes ride on Norway camels
By Lars Bevanger
BBC News, Oslo
A small community in wintry Norway wants to help a group of East African refugees back to work by importing a flock of camels.
The local refugee council says it will allow refugees with nomadic background to use their camel-farming skills while also securing an alternative income for local agriculture.
But how do camels adapt to Arctic conditions in the far north of Europe?
Igor, a five year-old Bactrian camel, is living proof his particular breed of camel has no qualms about snow and sub-zero temperatures.
Camels have no problem surviving Norway's cold winters
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Cute!
When I worked at the Minnesota zoo there was a large herd of all-weather camels, they were fine. I'm kind of fond of 'em -- don't they look just so stoic and long-suffering? "Yeah, yeah, I was born in the desert and now I'm in the **** frozen tundra, that's life, though, ya know?"
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