Attracted by the hissing air – or whatever piques the interest of the extremely simpleminded – a camel ambled up to the 2006 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S while we aired the tires down for a run on Dubai’s sand dunes. Supported on massive, flat feet, it moved over a dune as though controlled by puppet strings – all gangly and disjointed. Up close, it was easy to appreciate the extreme hazard such an animal posed to vehicular traffic, not least because it blended into the sandy landscape.