Revenge of the camel: Shaheen bites back at snappy striker Luis Suarez

Shaheen the camel, the Emirati dromedary who shot to stardom for predicting the outcome of World Cup matches by biting the winning country’s flag, has weighed in on the issue of that infamous Luis Suarez bite.

There were reports by YouTube commenters that Shaheen had been assassinated last week, after mistakenly predicting that Portugal would triumph over Germany in their bout.

In the end, Germany wiped the floor with Portugal in a 4-0 wash-out, prompting one commenter to say, “Shaheen is so cute! But sometimes he is wrong.”

Despite this setback, Shaheen appears to be very much alive and kicking, giving Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez a run for his money in the biting stakes.

Asked to choose the most notorious sporting biter from between Suarez and Mike Tyson, the American former heavyweight boxing champion famous for biting both of opponent Evander Holyfield’s ears during a 1997 fight, Shaheen had no hesitation:

Suarez’s misdemeanour, which allegedly saw him sink his teeth into the shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during a 24 June World Cup match, has been seized upon by outlets in Lebanon eager to jump on the biting bandwagon.

Lebanese chicken shop Lord of the Wings launched a campaign questioning why Suarez chose a bony human shoulder over a succulent chicken wing:

Meanwhile Shawarmanji, a high-end retailer delivering regional favourite shawarma, took a different approach.