A male cama was born at Dubai's Camel Reproduction Centre 17 days ago, bringing the total number of the camel-llama hybrids in the world to three, centre officials told Gulf News yesterday.

Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times Kazakh veterinarians have documented 32 types of hybrid ... llama — a relative of the camel — and a dromedary, resulting in a beast called the cama.

No, you know them for the cama. The cama is a hybrid made from a camel and a llama. Because at this point, well, why the hell not? Camas are sort of like llamas that have nibbled Eat Me cake.

But the petting zoo was one llama short. That's because the animal was transported to the festival on Friday, September 14, in the same trailer as a camel, and the camel had sexed it to death ...