arcticpenguin
16th August 2003, 03:34 PM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20030816/od_uk_nm/oukoe_life_australia_camel
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Classic operas are being blasted out to a string of Australian camels to prepare them for a one-way trip to South Korea (news - web sites) later this month to star in a vast production of Guiseppe Verdi's opera "Aida."
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The Australian camels will be ridden by opera singers for their brief stage appearance in the September performance which will also feature horses and elephants, she added.
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Six dromedaries will be flown from central Australia to Seoul, but strict quarantine laws mean they will never return to their homeland and are expected to be used in South Korea's tourist industry, said camel handler Janet Geappen on Saturday.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Classic operas are being blasted out to a string of Australian camels to prepare them for a one-way trip to South Korea (news - web sites) later this month to star in a vast production of Guiseppe Verdi's opera "Aida."
...
The Australian camels will be ridden by opera singers for their brief stage appearance in the September performance which will also feature horses and elephants, she added.
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Six dromedaries will be flown from central Australia to Seoul, but strict quarantine laws mean they will never return to their homeland and are expected to be used in South Korea's tourist industry, said camel handler Janet Geappen on Saturday.