Dumb Laws, also weir, strange, or loony laws, are laws that are perceived to be stupid, useless, or funny. There are relatively few real "dumb laws" on the books, but large amount of hoax or exaggerated dumb laws are circulated on the internet and in the print media. Common characteristics of these laws, are prohibitions against seemingly benign behaviors (for example it is claimed that in California "bathhouses are against the law" ) or prohibitions against acts that one is realistically unlikely to carry out (such as an Arizona law prohibiting hunting camels, while camels are not native to North America .). However, when put in proper context the "dumb laws" will often no longer appear dumb. In reality, California only bans bathhouses that encourage sex, in order to prevent the spread of AIDS and the Arizona law was designed to deal with aftereffects of a failed army experiment to use camels as a military animal.