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A camel market outside of Khartoum, about 40 minutes outside of town.

The picture has been taken in the morning, but the temperature was already picking up with a 42 degrees C. Still a bit of haze on the horizon from a haboob that passed earlier.

Some people responded on the picture, saying 'cute animals'. Well, camels are actually quite vicious!!! Never thought so, before I actually went to a camel market... Most of the camels on this market were chained to the ground and had a protection over their nose - like fighter dogs have - to protect people walking by from getting bitten.
A young camel is not so expensive, because it needs a lot of training to become a good working camel, to become obedient to its owner. These camels already had some basic training, so they didn't need the protection over their nose. But still, their knee or front legs are tied together so it can't get up and run away or bite people. ;-)

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