Iran 3 Dey 88
Dec 24, 2009
پنج شنبه ۳ دی ۱۳۸۸
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صحنه ای از رد شدن شتر ها از عرض خیابان که معمولا شب ها خیلی خطرناک است و باعث تصادف و مرگ و میر می شود
The camels that broke the desert's back
Is it really possible that feral camels in the Australian Outback are responsible for the terrible dust storms that have recently become a feature in Sydney and beyond?
Camels at Cable Beach Broome, Western Australia. Camels were introduced to the continent from Afghanistan and have since become a nuisance. Photo: R. Ian Lloyd / Masterfile
A few months ago in Sydney, thousands of early risers woke in fright. The city was eerily muffled and enveloped in a dense crimson fog. Was it Armageddon? No. Sydney had been hit by the worst dust storm in memory.
Reassured about the fate of the planet, my husband and I set off, as usual, at about 6am, for a swim at our local aquatic centre. I marvelled at the way the haze shrouding the city kept changing colour as the rising sun shone, ever more intensely, through the dust cloud. I was entranced that the tubs of white gardenias outside the newsagent's had turned an ethereal apricot.
However, my enchantment that morning in September was short-lived.
When we arrived back home, we discovered that everything in our flat was caked with russet-coloured dust. Furthermore, the dust had absorbed the city's traffic and industrial emissions and had become sticky. I am still cleaning it out of the crevices of our picture frames.
I am from Sussex and had no previous experience of a dust storm. Neither had my husband, who is a sixth-generation Australian and who has lived in Sydney for most of his life. When we set out for our swim it didn't occur to us to seal our sixth-floor flat. It was only later that I learnt that in the outback, where dust storms are common, people quickly close their doors and windows, put wet towels at the bottom of doors, and make sure their vehicles and electrical appliances are under cover. They know that a dust storm can seriously affect asthmatics, as well as babies and toddlers, and people with heart problems.
As the fine dust continued to descend, we heard on the radio that birds were falling dead from trees in suburban gardens and that cats had gone missing.
At least we are now better informed. This is just as well, since we have been warned to expect further serious dust storms. Initially, it was widely assumed that this was because of Australia's long, on-going drought. Recently, we have been amazed to learn that camels are seriously exacerbating the ramifications of the drought.
The managing director of Australia's Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Jan Ferguson, reports that Australia currently has a population of over a million wild camels, and that their number is increasing by about 80,000 a year.
She points out that Australia is the only country in the world with a wild camel population. They were introduced from Afghanistan in the 1850s to help the early settlers open up the country at a time when there were no roads or railroads.
But once the technological advances were made, the redundant camels were largely set free to devour the outback vegetation and proliferate.
Ms Ferguson says that, as a result, vast areas have been denuded. The camels are reducing the availability of food for other species, including those already endangered by the drought. Even a small number of camels can very swiftly strip the leaves off a tree. Their almost insatiable appetite for foliage also reduces the shade, and creates the conditions for dust storms.
Rex Ellis, an Outback tour guide, suggests that Australia should have set about managing the camels decades ago. He uses the animals to transport tourists and supplies during treks across South Australia's Flinders Ranges and the deserts of Central Australia.
"Camels like to work," he said recently on national television. If you work them, they will live to be 50, but the wild camels are "dying of obesity at 25 and 30" because they have had nothing to do all their lives but eat.
Increasing attempts are being made to utilise the camels. Efforts are being made to market their meat. Camel steak and sausages have long been on the menu in Alice Springs and other resorts.
Ms Ferguson says that scientists, who have researched the effect of camels, say the most important measure should be a reduction in their numbers. The Australian government has contributed A$19 million (£10.46 million) towards the cost of a cull and other removal strategies.
Ms Ferguson says that there should be no qualms about this as "feral camels" are now threatening people and property, as well as marsupials and other native species.
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آهنگ پدر از شهرام ناظریby TheGreenAshura2,781 views
Arabs panic is here little Persian, don't be racist MrMozahem or otherwise I will send my camels to ur house :-)
IMohammedI 3 months ago
@MidnightKobra123 These aren't wild, they're actually owned and left free ranged. In fact, there aren't any wild Arabian camels left anywhere in the world- the ones in Australia are feral. There's wild two humped camels, though.
camelsandfriends 3 months ago
i thought wild camels only lived in australia
MidnightKobra123 8 months ago
@RacialEquality555 haha mage shotor cheshe?
zederish 10 months ago
What are you talking about?
camels have always been in Iran.
caravan is a Persian word........so is ..sareban!
NizoumiPars 11 months ago
arabs come to Iran by their camels to buy a mercedes or BMW, but they just forget their freaking camels...
MrMozahem 1 year ago
وين الموضوع
boook15 1 year ago
delete this video please
RacialEquality555 1 year ago