A WOMAN was crushed to death by her randy pet camel, police said yesterday.
The 24-stone animal knocked the 60-year-old to the ground then laid on top of her.
The woman’s shocked husband — who bought the ten-month-old camel for his wife’s 60th birthday in March — found her body at the family sheep and cattle ranch in Australia.
The victim, who has not been named, had a “love of exotic pets” and was about to feed her animals at the Outback ranch near Brisbane, Queensland.
Cops said the camel stamped on her, leaving “one definite footprint” on her face and one on her arm.
Detective Senior Constable Craig Gregory said: “She had tea on, and a cup of tea was in the kitchen.
“She was just doing her afternoon chores of feeding all the other animals. The camel was young and had been hand-reared. It drinks out of a bottle and eats out of your hand.
“It’s probably been playing, or it may be even a sexual sort of thing.
“It has either smothered her or brought on a heart turn.”
The camel had a history of odd behaviour and had tried to suffocate a pet goat. Its fate was not known.
Camel expert Chris Hill believed the camel’s behaviour was sexual and warned they can be dangerous if treated as pets without discipline.
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