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Published: Aug. 19, 2007 at 8:22 PM

MITCHELL, Australia, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- An amorous, young camel is being blamed for the weekend death of an Australian woman at her ranch.

The 10-month-old male camel, a present for the woman's 60th birthday, knocked her down, laid on her and exhibited mating behavior, said police, noting the animal nearly killed the family's pet goat by straddling it on several occasions.

The woman, whose name was not released, died Saturday at her family's sheep and cattle ranch near Mitchell, west of Brisbane, west of Brisbane, The Sunday Mail reported.

The fate of the camel was not known, the British newspaper reported.

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