Meanwhile, here's a guy who has his priorities straight.

"Dubai crown prince buys camel for record $2.7 million"

[Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum bought the lovely female camel at a] nine-day beauty pageant which opened on Wednesday in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi.

More than 10,000 camels -- including females which are the fasting racing camels -- from across the Gulf are competing for prize money totalling around 9.5 million dollars. [...] The contest is part of a camel festival in Abu Dhabi.

Oil-rich Abu Dhabi [...] produced the world's first test-tube purebred camel and has begun using remote-controlled robot riders in its camel races in place of child jockeys.