Camel Wrestling Information and Videos

[SelimtheGrim]

In Turkey, hybrid camels known as Tülüs are used for the traditional sport of camel wrestling (Deve Guresh). In the West, this hybrid is known as the F1 hybrid, and is the offspring of a male bactrian (buhur in Turkish) and a female dromedary (yoz in Turkish). The wrestling is not a bloodsport like cockfighting, as the camels are muzzled to prevent them biting, and they're so beloved by their owners that matches are stopped to prevent harm to the camels. Here are some sites and videos with information on the sport:

Websites:
http://www.cankan.com/gturkishfolks/33deve_camel_wrestling.htm
http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive2001/jan23_camels-ap.html

Videos (I apologize for the low quality, but these were the best I found):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbZkaIhW1-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHCyVm9UdA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovOsgB8JLHk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIBJtE3QMdI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kdQUbqnBxQ

And a bit of comedic relief:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRNlGBFYcO8

Alina

[I love Gobi]

Thanks for the links! It'll be fun to go look at them. I've always wondered what camel wrestling looked like. :wave

[Camelicious]

can any1 send me a camel wrestling video to my email id.please.

i m so anxious to see that.

thanks.

[SelimtheGrim]

can any1 send me a camel wrestling video to my email id.please.

i m so anxious to see that.

thanks.

I don't have a program to download them from youtube. Is Youtube blocked in your country or something?