You think we’re kidding? Ha!

That’s Juz, one half of Juz and Dave, the human forces behind the blog Our Naked Australia. Juz and Dave are on an adventure:

Neither of us had been on a decent holiday for at least 5 years and after a brief discussion, agreed that it was time to see and experience this country. We had a 75 Series Landcruiser Troopcarrier that was already decked out for when we go on camping trips, and figured that this would make a perfect mobile home.

It was then that we decided to embark on the greatest adventure of our lives and explore Our Naked Australia.

That was, as of today, 143 days ago. Bravo! Very inspiring!

The camel incident happened in March, on their excursion to the town of Bunbury, Western Australia, and then thirty kilometers north to the town of Harvey, where they visited a shop called HaVe Cheese:

They also offer ice cream, local produce like sauces, pickles and preserves, and if you truly love cheese, you can enrol in their cheese making course.  After our cheese tasting, we went outside to meet their camels.  Juz got a little bit too friendly with one of them.

Much too friendly:

The really amazing part: Juz was actually holding her cell phone—and took that shot herself! And she was just fine, as she explains it on Australia’s Today Show:

We’re very happy you came away your camel tasting (in reverse!) okay, Juz—and thank you very much to you and Dave for giving us permission to post these photos! Uncle John and the whole BRI gang wish you safe and adeventureful travels!

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Bonus Camel Video: Camel kicks owner over bad food:

Video. (Note: Everyone in the video speaks Arabic. Except the camel. He speaks “kick.”)

Horrific news out of Belarus today:

The Belarus man was on his way to a lake with some friends when, according to a report by the U.K. Telegram, they spotted one of the normally gentle animals on the side of a road and attempted to take a photo.

According to the U.K. Telegraph report the fisherman was bitten in the thigh several times – severing an artery. Although first aid was administered and an ambulance called the man died from blood loss.

Wow. Not the kind of news you hear every day. And to back up the story, at the link we provided they have this video, which they say is “a recent unrelated video was also posted to YouTube involving a beaver atttack.” And it just might give you nightmares:

Note to Self: When traveling in Eastern Europe, if you come across a semi-aquatic, large-toothed, xylophagous rodent…run away. Don’t ask…just run away.

• The Eurasian beaver. They’re a bit different – and larger – than their North American cousins, just to note.

• Image from here.

Move over, old Funny Hall of Fame, there’s a new kid (ferret) in town:

Gullible bargain hunters at Argentina’s largest bazaar are forking out hundreds of dollars for what they think are gorgeous toy poodles, only to discover that their cute pooches are in fact ferrets on steroids.

One retired man from Catamarca, duped by the knock-down price for a pedigree dog, became suspicious he had bought what Argentinians call a ‘Brazilian rat’ and when he returned home took the ‘dogs’ to a vet for their vaccinations.

Imagine his surprise when his suspicious were confirmed – he had in fact purchased two ferrets that had been given steroids at birth to increase their size and then had some extra grooming to make their coats resemble a fluffy toy poodle.

This, the story goes on to say, has been called an urban legend for some time, but they now apparently have proof that there are actually ferrets being sold as poodles. And as this person tweets:

@inflatedKarma added: ‘If you don’t know the difference between a toy poodle and a ferret on steroids you probably deserve to get ripped off.’

Hey, aren’t this poodle’s legs kinda short? No! This is a short-legged, pointy-nosed poodle! Very special kind!

• La Salada: South America’s biggest black market

• And if that’s true, that Argentinians call ferrets “Brazilian rats”—that’s pretty funny. (Although Brazlians probably don’t think so.)