OMG ... LMFAO :D

gas going to $6 a gallon due to camel spending spree, sheik refuses to campaign camels past year 3

ROFLOL! Does anyone know where I can get in on a Camel Claiming Partnership with no fees ever?:o

I think Dee Tee has spun off into this..

Humpin' n Screamin' and

SumOneHumpsYou

I laughed... hard :D

*snort*

OMG... HAHAHAHAH! That was too much! i can't be bursting into laughter like that at work :D

with all this talk about the price for the camel, it seems like everyone here failed to see something REALLY interesting in that article.

From the end of the article:

"Oil-rich Abu Dhabi, one of seven emirates that make up the UAE federation, produced the world's first test-tube purebred camel and has begun using remote-controlled robot riders in its camel races in place of child jockeys."

Awesome man, awesome!

I hope they bring that technology to the states!!

Godolphin isn't just buying overpriced horses
 

Looks like they're going in a different direction to get to the Derby....

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat...e-camels_N.htm

UAE prince spends millions at camel pageant

MADINAT ZAYED, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai's crown prince bought a camel for a record $2.7 million during a desert festival in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Sheik Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the son of Dubai's ruler Sheik Mohammed and his heir apparent, bought 16 camels for $4.5 million during a camel beauty pageant taking place during a desert carnival that aims to preserve the nomadic way of life in the oil-rich Gulf.

Sheik Hamdan paid $2.7 million for one camel, Emirates' state news agency reported Tuesday. It gave no details on the camel.

A camel beauty pagaent is just disturbing on so many levels.

I pronounce myself an expert in camel conformation, and am available to review pre-sale radiographs

If they aren't spitters do you need to scope their airways?

I'm thinking I'm going to need Scav as an assistant in the camel practice, and the vets in the bigger Camel Racing Stables are probably paid a pretty penny!


The first dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) offspring obtained from in vitro matured, in vitro fertilized and in vitro cultured abattoir-derived oocytes
Theriogenology. June 2006;65(9):1727-36.
Hadj Khatir1, Abdelhaq Anouassi
1 Al Hejen Research Center, PO Box 44857, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Khatir67@emirates.net.ae

Abstract
Dromedary offspring have never been produced fully in vitro. We have previously demonstrated that embryos obtained by culture in semi-defined medium (mKSOMaa) have better in vitro development ability than those cultured with oviductal epithelial cells. The aim of the present experiment was to study the pregnancy rate after embryo transfer of in vitro-produced (IVP) dromedary embryos cultured in semi-defined modified medium (mKSOMaa). IVM/IVF procedures were conducted on six hundred and sixty four (664) cumulus oocytes complexes (COCs) aspirated from ovaries collected at a local slaughterhouse and cultured in vitro (38.5 degrees C; 5% CO(2), and maximum humidity >95%). Maturation was completed by incubation in TCM-199 medium supplemented with 10% heat-treated Fetal Calf Serum (FCS), 10ng/mL EGF, 1mug/mL FSH, 1mug/mL E2 and 500muM cysteamine for 30h. In vitro fertilization was performed using fresh semen (0.5x10(6)spermatozoa/mL in modified TALP-solution). Fertilized oocytes were cultured in mKSOMaa, under 38.5 degrees C, 5% CO(2) and 90% N(2) with maximum humidity (>95%). All IVC steps were done in seven replicates. The cleavage rate (two cells to blastocyst stage) was 64% (425/664) and the percentage of oocytes reaching the blastocyst stage was 23% (155/664). The hatching rate of blastocyst obtained after culture was 46% (71/155). Good quality hatched blastocysts (n=66) were transferred individually to synchronized recipients. Pregnancy rates, determined by ultrasonography at 15, 60 and 90 days after embryo transfer (ET), were 38%, 32% and 27%, respectively. Out of 18 pregnant females 5 aborted between the fifth and seventh month of pregnancy and 13 females (20%) remained pregnant. After 385 days of pregnancy, the first healthy and normal male-dromedary offspring produced fully in vitro was born at a birth weight of 38kg. More dromedary calves (n=4) were born later on. The remaining pregnant females (n=8) are due to calf within the next months. In conclusion, this is the first reported offspring in camelids obtained by transfer of embryos produced by IVM, IVF and IVC using abattoir-derived oocytes, fresh semen and culture in a semi-defined medium.

if a female camel wore tight pants, i wonder what they'd call it...

a whore?

God I love you. A close to 40YO woman talking about camel toe. Does it get any better??:eek:

Oh my God.

stand up next time IC. i think that one went over yer head.

Zig !!!!!! :D

This soon-to-be classic thread has made it to EC. HAVE AT IT YOU CAGED ANIMALS!!!! :D

no fun in it now phil.