PHOTO: Driver crosses camel on a road in the west of France

Drivers were treated to an unusual sight in west France earlier this week - a camel eating grass at the side of a road. 

The animal was spotted on Tuesday afternoon (October 1), with one driver able to take a photograph of the camel grazing along the roadside in the commune of Coëvrons (Mayenne).

The pic was posted on a local social media page along with a video showing the camel.

A local weather station shared a photo of the camel with the joke ‘Et après vous allez me dire qu’il fait froid en Mayenne ? Nos vaches ont bien changé’. (You want to say the weather is cold in Mayenne? Look at how our cows have changed.)

The camel escaped when a travelling circus passing through the area stopped in a car park near the commune, reports media Ouest France. 

The circus uses the area each year to take a small rest before continuing its tour.

The camel was later captured by the circus.

The gendarmerie in Mayenne were not made aware of the incident until the camel was already back with the circus.

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