The One MILLION Dollar Camel Race! | Wild Arabia

The One MILLION Dollar Camel Race! | Wild Arabia | BBC Earth

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In the last 15 years Camel racing has transformed into one of the richest sports in the world, with some races having a grand prize of one million dollars...
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@coffeelover1507 5 жыл бұрын

The speed of the camel has increased 30%. No shit they dont have a grown adult on its back

@ateasewiththecheese2140 4 жыл бұрын

You mean decreased?

@fusionplayz582 3 жыл бұрын

@@ateasewiththecheese2140no its increased

@kaycyrus4251 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao soooooo true

@_________-__________-_______ 3 жыл бұрын

you mean europeans are fatter now ?

@PerfectSnowball 2 жыл бұрын

Stupid take

@omenhp3061 4 жыл бұрын

So no one's gonna talk about how many Toyota land cruisers are there ?

@hash9177 4 жыл бұрын

Omen Hp that’s the culture here Basically any big SUV

@hassanalabri7394 4 жыл бұрын

It’s the most popular SUV in the Middle East

@vv9290 4 жыл бұрын

Those Arabs are so weird ... I die of laughter 😂😂😂😂

@zainabalsahhaf4984 4 жыл бұрын

Says the indian who probably can’t afford a land cruiser wheel👆👆

@kombizz 4 жыл бұрын

who cares !

@user-vj9qz3br6l 3 жыл бұрын

Camels look so interesting when they are racing! Like machines on a mission I swear!

@Erihk_ 2 жыл бұрын

They run just as funny as I imagined they would

@kaskarkhan1337 4 жыл бұрын

A Walky talky with a whip, so random

@zuhayrah 4 жыл бұрын

That looks like a little man with a turban

@hus390 3 жыл бұрын

@aiden nedai Take it easy. I been to these tracks. They can't use children as jockeys who used to be on the camels (as their weight can be tolerated by the camels as opposed to adults ). Hence why they use robots these days.

@Hopeless-pw8ri 6 ай бұрын

@@hus390 "As their weight can be tolerated by the camels as opposed to adults". What are you talking about? Camels are stronger than horses

@gergelynagyfugedi6864 9 жыл бұрын

4 min BBC video about camel race: you cannot see racing any camel in real speed. Slowmo-God strikes again!

@Sk1tz092 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah its a big shame we can't see just a small part in real speed. I'm so curious how fast they run.

@dargaramdewasi1525 3 жыл бұрын

Lollppppplllplllpplkjt

@user-wo4kj6oq7o 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sk1tz092 The speed of the camel on the racetrack is 65 km

@strikerwoman Жыл бұрын

The fact they drive alongside is WILD to me

@Robisquick 4 ай бұрын

This is both the most high tech and low tech thing ive ever seen. Love it

@fsh8026 4 жыл бұрын

Would be more interesting if there were longer sequences of actual camels runnng rather than endless slow-mo shots of sunglassed arabs in cars.

@eirinslf 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahah

@TACKOS0 4 жыл бұрын

Literally

@Maru7en 4 жыл бұрын

The BBC

@EthanJahnz 4 жыл бұрын

@@user-kq8rk1vd3u Learn English before you try to insult people in English.

@atomzero1 3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@ibraxiv-_-6653 7 жыл бұрын

(Kick horses to make them race) not cruel (Let the camels race by themselves) cruel

@zaef8567 6 жыл бұрын

*LOGIC*

@infinitegamersinitiative6427 5 жыл бұрын

Onyx Friesian Dressage They use their heels if you have ever ridden a horse thats why horses have bruises on their belly sides

@purangadri8070 5 жыл бұрын

Eelefant

@imrandom5234 5 жыл бұрын

Puran Gadri LOL

@kimberlybrookes5844 5 жыл бұрын

Clearly says In the video that the robots on the camel's can whip them and even shows it. So yes of course it's cruel, both are.

@bettinaheinz8459 2 жыл бұрын

Love camels! Tremendous endurance! Probably the best of all animals at constant speed.

@thisguy1762 2 жыл бұрын

I love them too but these mfs mix their regurgitation with their saliva and spit it

@biokosmos 2 жыл бұрын

let those poor camels alone and ban every "sports" where they always finished abused (equitation, race, dressage etc etc)

@user-ov2qd3bw7w Жыл бұрын

@@biokosmos camels are for humans and we can do what we want with them. Stay mad

@alinaa641 Жыл бұрын

@@biokosmos I agree with you. Looking at the race made me sad

@AG-tl8oq 6 ай бұрын

Pronghorns

@Saurabh_Tewari007 4 жыл бұрын

When you have lots of money but nowhere to spend

@deenb6744 4 жыл бұрын

True A lot's of Money Big Di%%ck no Brain 😁

@samellie4860 4 жыл бұрын

@@deenb6744 get a live, do sports to vent and yea we have money.

@mamudulhasan3600 4 жыл бұрын

True

@saeedaumer9863 4 жыл бұрын

@Noumankhan-nx9nz 4 жыл бұрын

Better than spanish bull culture

@AtrolinK 9 жыл бұрын

In the next episode: Ten Million Dollar Snail Race.

@alexciesnowski7375 9 жыл бұрын

Jajajajajaa xD

@jasontruckinaround5033 7 жыл бұрын

احمد العتيبي good thing I'm mexican and the only thing we race is horse and fight roosters and stuff like that ...tbh this sport its not that bad even thoee it's kinda unusual

@understanding-why 7 жыл бұрын

how about 100 Mollion tortoise race

@cristaosunidos.academy 6 жыл бұрын

AtrolinK i

@ranazeeshan9173 6 жыл бұрын

AtrolinK

@imacompoza 4 жыл бұрын

It’s in fact a race between Nissan Patrol owners.

@mmangla5575 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information

@arielcamacho4735 3 жыл бұрын

Better give us some suckie suckie

@howtodoit4204 3 жыл бұрын

The most intense salivating 😂

@allaldenebja9911 16 күн бұрын

Camels always do this even when not racing unlike horses who do this when sometimes hurt or in extreme pain

@ximec.r.2643 3 жыл бұрын

Why are there so many comments of animal abuse? These camels are treated better than kings outside of the race track.

@jancyvidya8243 3 жыл бұрын

🤗

@martinhidalgo3227 3 жыл бұрын

what? they live locked in stables and if they can no longer run they are killed

@martinhidalgo3227 3 жыл бұрын

humans are so cruel that they just use them as objects

@CaSama 3 жыл бұрын

@@martinhidalgo3227 Arabs don't usually eat camels. I think you're thinking of Australia or what happens to race horses. But the gulf have become more stupid in recent decades it may happen

@martinhidalgo3227 3 жыл бұрын

@@CaSama i didn´t say arabs eat camels

@realmserver-mcbeforce5256 6 жыл бұрын

Next episode: 1 Million sloth race ( 10 Miles ) took 17 years

@natureprakrati7169 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this kind of information

@edwardbeaven7222 6 жыл бұрын

If we had camel races here , B.C. Canada, I'd name mine "Tammy the Cammy" with a bright red wig and red eyelashes.

@abdullaali6270 4 жыл бұрын

I can tell with these names and decorations you will not succeed. Camel trainers don’t sleep at all.

@Al-Hussainy 3 жыл бұрын

Arabs: *hahaha, pathetic*

@hanifanoy1268 2 жыл бұрын

Bae

@alhusseinaljaber513 2 жыл бұрын

u should ride it in Granville street 😂

@ryanhitt7657 2 жыл бұрын

That's the reason yall dont

@submarineinthesky8946 5 жыл бұрын

Ok this is about the most hilarious thing I've seen today

@karcavida3250 3 жыл бұрын

same, especially the whipping part

@arifm.k5951 3 жыл бұрын

watch midgets vs camels. Seriously

@michaelarsaadyatma 3 жыл бұрын

If you think its ridicilous You should see ostrich race

@AbdulHameed-bw4cg 7 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Speed is increased by 30%. Idea of Robots is mind blowing as well resulting in fast decrease in Child Trafficing.

@cliffordjhontio30 6 жыл бұрын

Ahmer Mirza z

@saqlainalvi5485 4 жыл бұрын

It's ridiculous.

@AbdulHameed-bw4cg 4 жыл бұрын

@@saqlainalvi5485 Why? You want children back on cameL?

@saqlainalvi5485 4 жыл бұрын

@@AbdulHameed-bw4cg obviously not. But seeing people in Toyotas, driving besides racing camels, shouting commands through a robot is funny.

@Thirtiesguy 6 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of ridiculousness that I would expect to see in Futurama.

@OmarSlloum 4 жыл бұрын

It's not even forbidden it's just fucking retarded

@MrMrRubic 3 жыл бұрын

@@OmarSlloum thank you, Omar

@OmarSlloum 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrMrRubic ?

@MrMrRubic 3 жыл бұрын

@@OmarSlloum to thank you

@skullcracker9359 3 жыл бұрын

So you telling dog race and horse race is not ridiculous

@hwasaornothing 4 жыл бұрын

me and the lads going out for a cheeky nandos

@miamibestboy8676 7 жыл бұрын

Love you Arab and respect you from bottom my heart....

@zaef8567 6 жыл бұрын

Miami Best boy thanks man

@kas7344 6 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

@thought-provoking795 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@shahermyonez6647 5 жыл бұрын

This seems ironic

@MyEnemy 6 жыл бұрын

Imagine Hunter S. Thompson covering this race.

@meshtarua 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for share

@HSSANITO 4 ай бұрын

😂 the walkie talkies and remote whips

@rickkerschner1407 3 жыл бұрын

This would be exciting to watch! Im amazed that the camels will run riderless and listen to radio commands! I wonder if there is extensively kept breeding records like there is for thoroughbreds?

@khalidalali186 2 жыл бұрын

Sure there is…let me check the center I go to here in Abu Dhabi, should an English version of their website exist.

@user-io1oj7rm9w Жыл бұрын

Please watch also the Arabian greyhound and the Arabian horse

@user-sq3uz9uj1w 4 жыл бұрын

الهجن عشق لاينتهي الله يرزقني ب سبوق

@user-bb9sl6cu7i 4 жыл бұрын

انشهد انه عشق لا ينتهى، و الله يرزقك و يرزقني انشالله

@reserrvoirman 10 ай бұрын

The future of racing

@ISMATIMES1 6 жыл бұрын

Love to Saudi Arabia..from india

@iclassic797 6 жыл бұрын

Mohd Amjad this video in united arab emirates not in saudi arabia .

@user-wm1du1ko4j 3 жыл бұрын

why lol...ur dumb

@martelcarterfanismyname4268 5 жыл бұрын

2:41 Retreat retreat

@iRunfastXC Жыл бұрын

They actually just look like large greyhounds running from the side!

@aifg4701 Жыл бұрын

Amazing thumbs up

@steakslapn9724 4 жыл бұрын

What... The.... he'll!?... this is absolute madness hahaha.

@DDELE7 2 жыл бұрын

Camel racing?! Whoa that’s cool. Eat your heart out Secretariat.

@slimanesb 4 жыл бұрын

1:15 When i see an fat hamburger 🍔

@izaldeenjoudahsallal8814 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@PrestonDavidson 4 жыл бұрын

Cool video

@Jayshay93 3 жыл бұрын

Whats the commands they shout through the radio on the camel "GO FASTER GO FASTER" 😂😂😂😂

@istriver. 4 жыл бұрын

Forget Ferrari I want a camel!

@Dr_Spinal_Fracture 3 жыл бұрын

yaz

@alexB30741 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dr_Spinal_Fracture you know my friend had an imaginary pet camel called CAMELOT and i have one named bOb

@MXDesign 4 жыл бұрын

0:55 camel gate opens *minecraft enderdragon sound* plays

@mohashsqu 3 жыл бұрын

I love camels so much

@yahiamaged4580 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@kenabbott8585 7 жыл бұрын

"To save on weight" sounds very nice, but the truth is that several nations banned jockeys because the search for lighter jockeys lead a lot of competitors to use child-slaves.

@oneshotonekill1686 7 жыл бұрын

Ken Abbott that's true

@Ali-uc8nt 6 жыл бұрын

those slaves were available easily from any poor country like bagladesh, india n pak. truth is in some races they still use children

@domainofthesun4400 6 жыл бұрын

Yes I am disgusted at the outright lie that robot jockeys have come into use solely to save weight. Totally sweeps the history of child exploitation under the carpet. Shame, BBC

@SherlockHolmes-qp8mj 6 жыл бұрын

Ken Abbott its done with small boys tied at the back of camels. Cruelity

@roha1329 5 жыл бұрын

Craigs List, you mean Khazarians Israel?

@lorispicer4598 3 жыл бұрын

I know camels are use to the heat of the desert, but having to run god knows how far, having a small robot beat you with a whip and a speaker yelling at you, also cars and other voices yelling at you and honking horns, they most be soo stressed out and miserable, and their running soo far they have got froth all other themselves from it. Those poor things. They shouldn't have to suffer for our entertainment.

@ximec.r.2643 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they are treated as gods outside of the race track

@greenlobster9171 3 жыл бұрын

Bruvv... c’mon ..!! Camels are built for way harsher environments... ever been to fucking Arabian or Sahara dessert..?? This lasts for like 30mins or even an hour is very little to be concerned about how these camels feel. Fact check me, These camels live better life than almost any of us humans.

@Sk1tz092 3 жыл бұрын

@@greenlobster9171 did you know camels originate from North America? The ones you see in Asia and Middle East are imported from there many many many years ago :p

@user-kk6gx8sd1t 2 жыл бұрын

Why are you just talking about camels? Although horses and lions in plays and performances, and after the race, they treat them better than kings, believe me

@muhammadsaghirgultari1495 3 жыл бұрын

This isn't misspent infact it's one of their culture which is glaring in the whole Arab World.

@jameskorankye6096 4 жыл бұрын

No wonder the Arabians love the Landcruisers so much.

@suism1034 3 жыл бұрын

Basically our culture at this point lmao

@hothmandon 5 жыл бұрын

I live in the U.S in Delaware and we do have some horse farms with some camels but more in PA though.

@nooraqueen2716 3 жыл бұрын

The camels in the west are not the same as an Arabian camel

@user-io1oj7rm9w Жыл бұрын

See also Arabian horse and Arabian greyhound

@sicksideworldwide1599 3 жыл бұрын

That salivating😂

@howtodoit4204 3 жыл бұрын

The most intense salivating 😂

@nickgianesin5254 2 жыл бұрын

This is funny as hell

@Lolleka 3 жыл бұрын

Next step: fully driverless camels. That robot is going to be driven by a convolutional neural network.

@oliverf.68 3 жыл бұрын

Replacing riders with robots was a good idea cause in the old days they used boys and young men for this races and like in every sport sometimes there were accidents.

@ScotchIrishTarheel 2 жыл бұрын

Wait until the robots get woke and unionize.

@b12_jegar 6 жыл бұрын

I love so much Saudi Arabia from Afghanistan

@iclassic797 6 жыл бұрын

Shena Jano this not saudi araba this United arab Emirates

@nazeernazeer1151 6 жыл бұрын

Shena Jano ...1 baar aja Saudi Arabia Camel's Charaane😂😂😂

@Krishna98567 6 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@MrOlialchimist 6 жыл бұрын

Shena Jano :o)

@blivixn6063 5 жыл бұрын

i classic you stupid asf United Arab Emirates

@RomanKnav Жыл бұрын

What instructions do they radio the camels? “Habibi if you win you get extra treats” 😂

@adilahmad2952 4 жыл бұрын

Love u canals love u Arabic shame one Australia gowrmint

@bigmeatyclaws7289 3 жыл бұрын

i believe they must have so much water stock for this race

@ardaarsen 4 жыл бұрын

3:13 x)

@jaimetorijalopez666 3 жыл бұрын

El mejor video del mundo

@ayaznasiry3977 6 жыл бұрын

My new favourite sport

@vipulmeena9622 4 жыл бұрын

When you have both, money and time.😍

@JWALL_ 4 жыл бұрын

Camels are my favorite animal, but for some reason seeing them run, the way their knees bend it just looks like it should hurt

@user-tw5be9ek3i 4 жыл бұрын

Billy Enzen lol😂😂

@azizt6773 4 жыл бұрын

Its called the ship of the desert for some reason

@nuur1-xr6qk Жыл бұрын

You dont know how camel is created science fact cheeck it

@salmanchecking 3 жыл бұрын

been there seen those trainers n workers.. poor people get so little

@colombianflag717 3 жыл бұрын

Wow how fast they run

@jamescohen6619 4 жыл бұрын

This looks fun 👍 I hope I see them in my trip to Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦. Does anyone know where exactly to find them?

@CHEESER7 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, idk where to find em but if your visiting saudi Arabia make sure you eat alot of shawarmas from different shawarma shops.. you wont regret it

@CHEESER7 4 жыл бұрын

And try kabsa

@M.maseer 4 жыл бұрын

James Cohen If you come to Saudi Arabia keep on touch with me .. it is my pleasure to help you

@BurnPerimeter 3 жыл бұрын

I know im 8 months late but you can find them on the out skirt of riyadh or in janadariya. You can even see horses in janadariya

@Arsal_777 Жыл бұрын

Oman

@fahada1921 5 жыл бұрын

How can I watch the full series?

@ajharuddinluhar1491 7 жыл бұрын

nice race

@MuhammadKhan-ix6gb Жыл бұрын

I love camel and I rode one when I was 3 years old

@shubhamluhadia 3 жыл бұрын

So... Nobody is going to talk about the camels foaming at their mouths?

@msctbeats 3 жыл бұрын

TIL that camels go into "rut" and foam at the mouth during mating season.

@springsummer3898 Жыл бұрын

Camels are the ships of the desert, look at how Allah created them fittingly for the environment they live in, Let's contemplate as Allah said in the holy Quran: "Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?" subhan Allah, Camels truly show that we have a creator who created everything, -Camels have three sets of eyelids and two rows of eyelashes to keep sand out of their eyes. -Camels have thick lips which let them forage for thorny plants other animals can’t eat. -Camels can completely shut their nostrils during sandstorms. -Thanks to the one who gave it thick pads of skin on their chest and knees, camels can comfortably sit in very hot sand. -Their humps let them store up to 80 pounds of fat which they can live off for weeks and even months! -When a camel finally does find water, he can drink up to 40 gallons in one go. -Camels are very strong and can carry up to 900 pounds for 25 miles a day. -Camels can travel at up to 40 miles per hour - the same as a racehorse!

@aryanmishra1011 2 жыл бұрын

There is also a black face of this race. Small child ( kidnapped from Pakistan and Bangladesh) are used in this race

@hillman2067 Жыл бұрын

So organised ans sophisticated almost looks like ascot

@jeanblanco9773 6 жыл бұрын

How you tube read my thought I don't know but I was thinking on this

@nogoodjb8364 6 жыл бұрын

I seen this in a Jackie Chan movie and wanted to see if it’s real🤣🤣💯 #Damn💰

@foggychaos4803 5 жыл бұрын

What's the movie I'm interested

@borchy6486 5 жыл бұрын

I saw it in a james bond movie

@QR974 Жыл бұрын

@@foggychaos4803 kung fu yoga

@wildlife4klife 3 жыл бұрын

Good

@hamzahafeez9395 2 жыл бұрын

Camel is like an airplane in the desert when running

@KS-lv4br 5 жыл бұрын

Enough of internet today🙌😂

@MrF2ank 9 жыл бұрын

what's next? robot camel races?

@Qawwali_time109 6 жыл бұрын

Nice

@5kemosabi1 6 жыл бұрын

This is lit

@muhammadwasif9604 4 жыл бұрын

Who else first thought camels can only walk not run faster ?

@user-io1oj7rm9w Жыл бұрын

Mohammed, where are you from?

@Neomalthusiano Жыл бұрын

Camels have being used at war for centuries. By the way, their smell makes war horses uncomfortable, how could anyone called after the Prophet (peace be upon him) not know they run?

@chryphex 8 жыл бұрын

To be fair, horses were already fast enough.

@bishqueen5514 8 жыл бұрын

+Mick Cucurullo Yes, and imagine strapping these (larger) animals with 100 pounds of weight. They couldn't manage.

@jibrilmahad5871 7 жыл бұрын

you do realise that camels are faster than horses and can stay for days or even weeks without refueling right?

@bishqueen5514 7 жыл бұрын

Don't be fooled, camels are NOT faster. For a short sprint, quite possibly, they might be able to reach high speeds that a horse may reach, but any horse that is of any equal stature would outrun and out perform a camel. Camels are lazier creatures, whilst horses are much more willing to please and aid humans. The desert is easily the camels environment, though. Like you said they can last up to two weeks (up too, not always. That's the longest they could last) without water. On the other hand, it takes 3-4 days for a horse to konk out from water. Camels cannot hold as much weight as a horse, either. How do I know this? There's a petting zoo that owns 3 camels right by me and a good friend of mine works there. She takes care of the camels and they rarely do anything but walk and sleep haha.

@jibrilmahad5871 7 жыл бұрын

Bish Queen wow! your friend has very little to no knowledge about camels. I am from Somalia and most people there keep camels for milk and social status. What do you think they us to carry stuff when they are moving. A camel can probably carry an entire horse bodyweight and even more without any trouble. Look it up on the internet.

@jibrilmahad5871 7 жыл бұрын

Bish Queen a camel can hold up to 450 LG but a horse can carry no more than 110kg. Case closed.

@redemissarium Жыл бұрын

i prefer the race with rider like in oman or mongolia. Without rider its no different with hamster race

@celestialoutcomes1742 3 жыл бұрын

Why is this so funny

@misterfunnybones 8 жыл бұрын

The camels are all on the juice & the robots are overclocked. It's a rigged game...

@dom1abc1mbc 7 жыл бұрын

yeah my robot was laggin i demand a rematch

@m7amdsn 4 жыл бұрын

They do a medical test after the race to see if they were using anything illegal to came racing, and I know that you commented 3 years ago and probably forgot about it, but either way yeah that’s it.

@user-sf5iq2fl1l 7 жыл бұрын

Dislike for auto whip

@AhmedAhmedMahdy 7 жыл бұрын

F. Teixeira it's not painful...we respect camels

@dom1abc1mbc 7 жыл бұрын

whips are used on all horses in the Olympics

@user-sf5iq2fl1l 7 жыл бұрын

dom1abc1mbc Olympics should end. Enourmous waste of money, corruption, politics involved. I hate the olympics.

@md.alaminpatwary8268 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, my God! Life needs lots of money and money is life!

@toru1444 6 жыл бұрын

Ruthless

@Tina2tu 9 жыл бұрын

Are they foaming at the mouth because they are sick, or is that just camel spit?

@Tina2tu 9 жыл бұрын

***** lol ok captain obvious ;) I get what you mean

@kerianhalcyon2769 8 жыл бұрын

+Tina2tu Camel spit. They tend to foam at the mouth a lot from what I reckon.

@Tina2tu 8 жыл бұрын

ahhh ok!! I was worried for a little bit lol

@usamaakhlaq7750 7 жыл бұрын

actually they r given the very healthy dose.. almost 2 small bouls mixed of honey nd dates so dats y they foam when they r goin hard

@notlodo 6 жыл бұрын

Its cum

@kayitokayon 5 жыл бұрын

2:15 name of that person ?

@zuhayrah 4 жыл бұрын

I think he's just screamin out commands to the camels bro

@A.B.D.555 3 жыл бұрын

@@zuhayrah nope he is saying someone's name

@adamsandler5093 3 жыл бұрын

He’s an announcer announcing the places of each competitor’s camel to people watching at home.

@thanospandit7527 6 жыл бұрын

Subhan Allah " superb

@anonymous4504 6 жыл бұрын

Level of Arabia ♥️

@tinglydingle 9 жыл бұрын

Oussama Erraji why is this any different from Formula 1 or horse racing?

@benwot13 9 жыл бұрын

U WUT M8? You got the F1 bit.. what about the horse racing one?

@tinglydingle 9 жыл бұрын

U WUT M8? The point wasn't about technology, it was purely about money. he said "too much money in the wrong hands" (and incidentally has a F1 helmet as a profile picture) and I was asking why this sport was different from any other in this regard, so I'm afraid your comment is a bit pointless.

@OussamaErraji 9 жыл бұрын

U WUT M8? well thats true...but give them at least the breeding "skills"

@OussamaErraji 9 жыл бұрын

Monkey My point is that this kind of sport is just a pure wasting money leisure with any kind of useful gain economic wise for the local society: who benefits today from the fastest camel? Bedouins in this BBC doc about arabia are shown to organize festivals to find out who is the best camel rider yet they don't spend millions in the process probably because they don't have any. F1 is a huge technology lab where lots of money are invested to make both racing cars and modern cars faster, more fuel efficient, more intelligent and safer.... What i'm concerned about is what will these people do when eventually will oil wells dry up? Why don't they invest those millions in a smart way (eg. building factories) to both contribute to the country wealth and create a non-petrol non-finance related source of profit. Breeding and racing camels is by far easier and more interesting I guess.

@tinglydingle 9 жыл бұрын

Oussama Erraji What they do when the oil runs dry is probably a national (and indeed international) concern and I concede that the trickle-down effect from F1 is a factor, even if it is relatively slow, but the point stands that there is no reason not to spend their money on this if that's what they enjoy. I personally like cycling, so I buy various bikes and bits and pieces for it that doesn't really benefit anybody else (economic externalities aside) but I'm not a bad person for doing that, and it's the same here. It may be true that the world could see more benefit if that money was used in a different way, but it's not the world's money, it's the individual's, and it's up to the individual to spend it as they choose. It's important to separate business from pleasure, pointing out that that money could have been spent on R&D or starving children in africa is a very one-dimensional way of looking at the world; people want to have fun.