Giraffe helps camels, zebras escape from circus

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(06-30) 13:06 PDT AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) --
Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a traveling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage.
Police spokesman Arnout Aben says the animals wandered in a group through a nearby neighborhood for several hours after their 5:30 a.m. breakout.
The animals were back at the circus later Monday after being rounded up by police and circus workers with the assistance of dogs. Aben says neighbors fed some of the animals — which he said was a bad idea — but they were tame and nobody was hurt.
Says Aben: "You have to imagine somebody rubbing his eyes first thing in the morning and saying, 'Am I seeing things or is that 15 camels walking past?'"

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/06/30/international/i123811D07.DTL&tsp=1

[Canuckistanian]

1. Wait, I've seen this movie before

Were there penguins involved, too?

[Indenturedebtor]

3. Seriously that's a Disney movie if I've ever heard of one. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

10. one

:D

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Ungulates Unite! nt

[malaise]

4. I love it

Try again my fellow animals. Freedom is a must. :D

[AndyTiedye]

5. KICKED Onto the "Greatest" Page!!!

:kick:

[pacalo]

6. Cool...

[Theres-a]

8. Heh!

[lonestarnot]

7. A flood a com'n! Dat ting got my blood a boil'n!

[tuckessee]

9. It's really a thought provoking incident.

Not just the act of liberation but how they stayed together in a group when free.

In a similar story I remember reading about an elephant who would free other elephants from corrals where they had been trapped by game wardens by undoing several latches on gates.