Camels sold for millions

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This makes me sick! Wasting that kind of money like that. :mad: i mean i could do a million quid for myself lol

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A camel-racing fanatic has spent $6.5m (£4m) on three camels on sale at an auction near the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi.
One of the camels bought by Hamdan Bin Ghanim al-Falahi at the Al Dhafrah camel festival cost him $2.7m.

The annual week-long festival includes a camel beauty contest and competitions to find the best camel meat and milk.

Camel racing is very popular in the UAE, with many Emiratis considering it to be their national sport.
Mr Falahi could not be contacted for comment.

This is the third year the festival has been running.
It includes the Camel Mazayen contest in which owners compete to find who has the most beautiful camel.
Last year the UAE economy was rocked by revelations that Dubai would default on its debt.

The economies of the desert city-states have been brought back under control after Abu Dhabi stepped in to bail out its neighbour.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8496766.stm
 
How is this any different from the money changing hands for pedigree dogs, horses etc?
Even pigeons going for hundreds of thousands..
 
I dont know.. :/ but to pay more than a million for one camel is just stupid!

And its fine to pay millions for a horse??...i mean thats just stupid isnt it??...your logic is completely flawed:p

Anyhow crazy business that camel racing is over there in the Middle East...millions for a few camels:eek:
 
And its fine to pay millions for a horse??...i mean thats just stupid isnt it??...your logic is completely flawed:p

Anyhow crazy business that camel racing is over there in the Middle East...millions for a few camels:eek:

nah uh..well i can understand about horses cos theres a mass market for it in the world but like your saying for camels is just in the midde east so i dont know how much money they get in return for that kind of investment..but then again here are many super rich people in there so i guess they can just waste their cash around. :/


I still think its silly!
 
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