The rock hyrax is one angry looking motherfucker

http://www.livingworldimages.com/IMG_5225.jpg

http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/mraz/rock-hyrax-05a26056.jpg

I have become strangely obsessed with this animal. It is ridiculous.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Klipdas.jpg/800px-Klipdas.jpg

CLOSEST RELATIVE OF THE ELEPHANT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

so nerdy looking

it's awesome that there are almost literally no photos of these things not on rocks

Seriously how can this animal be the closest living relative of the elephant? It probably has mad Little Man Syndrome.

http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/images/desert/rock_hyrax_7042.jpg

I think they hang out on rocks because they are stupid and fat and can't do anything else.

Why do they all look like Steve Buscemi?

http://www.arkive.org/media/CA/CA1B07B6-5EBA-4545-BDB2-5C759C36C2DD/Presentation.Large/photo.jpg

god even the babies look bratty

The rock hyrax spends approximately 95% of its time resting[3].

http://www.charliesbirdblog.com/~charlie/boulders05sept06/hyrax_01.jpg

The rock hyrax spends approximately 95% of its time resting

Okay I know what I'm gonna ask Shiva to send me back as.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Hyrax_incisors.jpg

Baboon vs Hyrax

Dirty Vicar to thread.

DV (dirtyvicar) wrote this on thread Iranian Shit Talk on board I Love Everything on Oct 31, 2005

how do you get israel "off the map" without using the iranians' ahem proposed methods?
did yer man actually say what he meant by "removing Israel from the map"? I would quite like if I opened a world atlas tomorrow to find there was no Israel there, but instead a new country, The Happy Republic of Palestine Where People People Of All Faiths Including Jews, Christians, And Muslims Enjoy Full Civil & Religious Rights And Get To Play With Hyraxes All Day Long (this would be its official title). On the other hand, I suspect that Mr Iranian President is thinking more in terms of ethnic cleansing.

Did he say anything about means, or is this the usual "Country X must be destroyed!" thing that people rhetorically say every so often?

The Real Dirty Vicar wrote this on thread so Hamas' new government is broke on board I Love Everything on Jun 15, 2007

most days I think the world would be better off if Israel/Palestine/Lebanon just slid into the fucking ocean and we were rid of this endless internecine gangster-warfare

it would make me very sad if these countries fell into the ocean, as I would like to go back to them again for a holiday sometime.

Just thinking of these countries falling into the ocean is making me all sadface... the little hyraxes can swim, so what will they do? why doesn't anybody think of them?

d'you think are they fighting over the hyrax?

This is certainly an aspect of the Middle East conflict that I had not previously considered.

the hyrax of conscience

Pic I took at the Cleveland zoo this summer:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/4042884167_5acae6cfb3.jpg

God these guys just look like the biggest assholes.

They're like the anti-puppy.

I prefer marmots, actually:

http://www.ivoa.net/forum/voevent/att-0595/marmot.jpg

http://www.arkive.org/media/CA/CA1B07B6-5EBA-4545-BDB2-

hyraxis of evil

http://www.greatheartbreak.com/photos/cris/998.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2833446070_a2fd7805db_o.jpg

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/725/7253ae164427b52ad819fd048f474f41_d95.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/15/22306304_233acc93a9_b.jpg

RTC that first one is such a hyrax indie band photo.

They make a stupid noise as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTY22k1s6Ns

eh can't see too much difference btwn these and a pug tbh.

also:

RTC that first one is such a hyrax indie band photo.

yes!

RTC that first one is such a hyrax indie band photo.

http://www.boneclones.com/images/bc-070-lg.jpg

Something about these photos irresistibly suggests the Arshavin treatment.

xp that's a piece of hyrax modern art worth several million of whatever the hyrax values as currency- it was 'made' by a hyrax wanker.

http://www.londonspeakerbureau.co.uk/managed/images/speakers/379--John-Humphrys-2.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2833446070_a2fd7805db_o.jpg

Did you know?

Fossil remains indicate there were once hyraxes the size of oxen. This may explain its gestation period of 7 or 8 months, unusually long for an animal of its size.

Actually the noise they make is a bit like Terror Danjah's signature cackling gremlin noise, now I think about it.

Honey Badger >>>>>>>>> Rock Hyrax

which bond was she in?

The hyrax’s padded soles of its feet have a flap of shin that can be pulled up to make a suction cup. This offers help in climbing rocks.

Fur Your Eyes Only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv5hFjxU7Hs&fmt=18

Listen close. He can also say "Yams" and "I love you" Let me know if you would like to see more vids!!

Darragh >:O

Hyrax songs can provide important biological information such as size, age social status, body weight, condition, and hormonal state of the singer, as determined by measuring their song length, patterns, complexity, and frequency [16].

LOL he IS saying darragh!!!

I thought he was saying HELLO or CARROT.

ok that vid - these things are a little horrific tbh. he is saying "fuk u".

think it's JOL OUT now i hear it again actually.

well that makes sense

omg i am fucking dying @ this thread

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2831443378_2cabc40458.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2NVu6F-eV4&feature=fvw

what a dick

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0wSTqSG1PE&feature=related

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3333/3216330545_36156aa3a7.jpg

YES

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/wibster/SpringsteenHyrax.jpg

want

http://rlv.zcache.com/rock_hyrax_keychain-p146395282072544533td8i_210.jpg

http://rlv.zcache.com/rock_hyrax_keychain-p146395282072544533td8i_210.jpg

oops

C -

http://fanart.lionking.org/Artists/Yidaki/RockHyrax.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3gD9PJKSA&feature=related

I like how unflustered this one is by the ibex.

wikipedia says it is not closest to the elephant, this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenian

<3 sea cows

this thread got all kinds of awesome since i went for lunch.

cannot find rock hyrax bottle opener :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TWqIW3tpnI

Trust Attenborough to find a cute one.

He is cuter but looks a little too smug.

http://www.dailymammal.com/wp-content/themes/daily-mammal-theme/rotator/rockhyrax_r.jpg

the look of embarrassed confusion on the baboon when the hyrax first gets in his face is magnificent

Baboons are nasty little shits though, I'm with the hyrax on this one.

Speaking of smug, ENBBs look like the next Wes Anderson kids flick.

hyrax, in most of these pics: "gtfo"

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/799/20492755.JPG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjA3XtOi7hc&fmt=

"go on... just try it. just fucking try it with me. i wish you would. go onnnnn.... yeah hoe, that's what i thought."

http://www.hlasek.com/foto/procavia_capensis_ad5715.jpg

i are serious hyrax. this is serious thread.

Gah that one looks like John Humphrys too.

he looks like he's smirking, not serious!

Dirty Vicar to thread.

HI DERE! A while ago I went to this park on the Dead Sea called Ein Geddi or something, and there were loads of little Hyraxes there. They were very fierce. We also saw them on the way up to Masada. They were sitting on rocks.

I started this thread because I am about to fly out to Uganda, where hyraxes abound in the wild. I hope to take pictures of them looking cross. NB the guide book I have lists them under 'Oddities'.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cECaP0zw7ZU/SGyVgUAbcEI/AAAAAAAAAlc/5TQXf-HWz9w/s320/rock%2Bdassie.JPG

think i don't know what a smirking hyrax looks like? i know what a smirking hyrax looks like.

matt where you gonna be?

jeez would not fuck with that smile, that's up there with a christopher walken grin that is

That one looks like Andrew Marr.

bible says they are not kosher :(

Wild guess: not halal either.

matt where you gonna be?

Kampala/Lake Victoria -> Queen Elizabeth National Park -> Bwindi

http://www.hlasek.com/foto/procavia_capensis_ad5715.jpg

do they all have the last name 'hlasek' or is it just this guy

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/3012815201_a049c085b8.jpg

they don't look like a plant either, so really it's looking like there'll be plenty to go round for the rest of us disgusting savages that can actually eat this thing.

http://www.hlasek.com/foto/procavia_capensis_ad5715.jpg http://blog.allanellenberger.com/wp-content/uploads/mason-james.jpg

when in kampala, eat at TUHENDE and at the FLAMING CHICKEN

second place is all Iranian on tuesdays, and shit is unreal. plus shisha

hahahahaaa how did you make THAT connection

xp

He just struck me as having that sardonic James Mason look to him.

Matt DC, thank you for starting this wonderful thread.

I never realised the hyrax had such scary teeth.

Always confusing to me: Hyraxes are also called Coneys sometimes, but so are this animal, the Pika, which is related to rabbits:

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/16/3516-004-67E3395A.jpg

http://www.hlasek.com/foto/procavia_capensis_ad5715.jpg

"the least I can do is afford you the opportunity of surviving the evening"

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=138490&boardid=77&threadid=65956

CaptainHyrax

http://www.hlasek.com/foto/procavia_capensis_ad5672.jpg

http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Tanzania/Serengeti/RockHyrax3.jpg

lol @ all this

never heard of these guys before!

The coney thing... I think that comes from the King James Bible, with whoever wrote it not having a clue what the little animals referred to in the OT were.

Not had this picture yet?

http://animalorphanagekenya.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/hyrax_baby_tower.jpg

Hyrax tower!

hyrarchy

I love how cross the baby hyrax looks.

the world's angriest infant

mean rocking hirax:

http://www.besound.com/pushead/hirax.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x15/theonlymrkevin/gondwanaland/hyrax2.jpg

Cigar-chomping hyrax.

the rock hyrax, my favorite treyf beastie

XD

man this makes want to put on Hate Fear And Power

i dunno why anyone ever got it in their minds to EAT one. though maybe that was the POINT of making hyrax meat treyf.

okay, so i just got the okay from the guys at animal reviews to do a piece or three and just finished a lengthy essay on the household dust mite.
I think maybe a rock hyrax next, after the california condor.

I would imagine they're quite fatty, given they don't appear to do anything other than sit on rocks barking at people.

so did you see any in the flesh in uganda??

No :(

:(

"what is the rock hyrax?" was the answer to a video question on Jeopardy! tonight

nobody got it, and a dumb guy who went home with a big fat goose egg guessed it was an otter even though the category was "rock" words/phrases

what was the clue?

http://www.livingworldimages.com/IMG_5225.jpg

"This, seen here, is one angry looking motherfucker."

lollllllllll

what was the clue?

ahh i don't remember. but it'll be up here by tomorrow

http://www.j-archive.com/showseason.php?season=26

i hope that on monday jaymc plays this john krizel guy who won again tonight, he works americorps in west virginia making $10k/year and so far his four-day winnings are a little over $104,000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5vs0jwKa-E&feature=player_embedded

Saw this on fb today and died. R Hyrax otm I just hope he doesn't need to be anywhere any time soon.

The Hyrax strikes me as being a bit like the Capybara, in that its young are just miniature versions of the adults.

isn't that like every mammal ever?

Well, not human babies. Or puppies. Or kittens. What I mean is that Capybara babies look just as sensible as their parents, and are similarly proportioned, while hyrax babies look just as fierce.

bible says they are not kosher :(

― r|t|c, Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:33 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

the most important thing about rock hyraxes

lol that video

no two animals have ever hated each other more

bible says they are not kosher :(

why is this so sad? Do you want to eat all cute fierce animals?

who wouldn't?

they look tasty TBH.

>:E

http://www.zazzle.com/hyrax_israeli_rock_rabbit_dog_shirt-155760147338031554

OMG.

http://www.jeremiahblatz.com/personal/pics/Jess_and_Jer_s_Trip_to_Tanzania_January_February_2007/day8/120_Hyrax_Pinwheel_Serengeti_reg.jpg

"Shit, we're surrounded..."

http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/052011/small_crasher%20hyrax.jpg

Needs Andrei Arshavin in there.

hot rax in the city

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Hyraxbasking.jpg/797px-Hyraxbasking.jpg

lol

That hyrax on the tortoise vid still cracks me up.

I am surprised that it has not came up in this thread that the fossilized urine of this little creature, which is known as Hyraceum, is commonly used in perfume. I was working at my friend's perfume store and one customer asked what was one of the weirdest scents so I gave her a whiff of the pure essence of Hyraceum to see what she thought. She said "well, it just smells like elephants to me". That was probably the most impressive thing that happened to me while working there.

What is it about perfume being made from revolting things like whale barf and deer sweat... and HYDRAX PISS!? :|

Their urine is quite concentrated because they are a desert animal and it's more like gel than water. Whole colonies of them piss in the same designated toilet area for sometimes thousands of years so it really builds up and eventually petrifies. Under those circumstances you can imagine it would have a nice rich scent. ha-ha. This is true by the way.

To answer you question Trayce, these scents are principally worthwhile for perfume because they contain a lot pheromones. Most animal produce and expel pheromones from their body but in the case of hyraceum, ambergris (whale puke), muskdeer, castoreum (a beaver urine/nipple grease secretion), civet and so on, these animals have a couple of things in common - a specific, super-active gland that produces pheromones in huge quantities and also the secretion is not particularly offensive to human noses. ie. the best you can say is that they smell "interesting".

hyrax can I bottle ur pee why because it smell intersting

when i get past the fact that hyrax meat is treyf, then i'll concern myself with their piss.

'er indoors went absolutely freaking nuts over dassies last year, she thinks they're CUTE ffs

I was working at my friend's perfume store and one customer asked what was one of the weirdest scents so I gave her a whiff of the pure essence of Hyraceum to see what she thought. She said "well, it just smells like elephants to me". That was probably the most impressive thing that happened to me while working there.

this IS impressive

everything with a pretty classic pair of posts there

'er indoors went absolutely freaking nuts over dassies last year, she thinks they're CUTE ffs

― Leee Marcello's Putting Challenge (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:43 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I just showed her this thread and she just about squeed herself to death!! I CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR THIS BEHAVIOUR

I love the little guys

INVASION OF THE HYRAX: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14405051

"They're coming into the villages and eating everything they can find!"

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54424000/jpg/_54424794_img_3467.jpg

The time has come for the revolution, DV! Rise! Rise!

They are not "cute" ffs.

Unless the writer is actually the mother of a hyrax I don't see how she can write than with a straight face.

They are cute, Matt. And they will eat your face.

^^^ Goth.

[i]"It turns out that it's the piles of boulders [created by clearing sites for building] that attract the hyraxes," said Dr Kershenbaum.[i]

Maybe hyraxes will start showing up in the West Bank/Jerusalem and single-handedly/footedly halt settlement construction?

what the world needs is a photoshopped picture of a hyrax wearing a keffiyeh.

God these guys just look like the biggest assholes.

― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:39 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

I guess even the animals are in a state of unrest in the middle east

Their aggressive behavior towards other adult males escalates in the mating season when the weight of their testes increases 20-fold.

wft is this!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowland_Streaked_Tenrec

internet, you have ruled my mind

http://www.cafepress.com/+lowland_streaked_tenrec_classic_thong,224626539

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"panty-minimalists"

the message being "I love obscure members of the Athrotheiria mammal genus and I'm one 'care-about-my-asscheek being-smooth-and-uninterrupted' lady!!"

Or "I love obscure members of the Athrotheiria mammal genus and have a yeast infection."

why? would there be residue on the string?

i wish i could properly explain just how vile that post sounds in my brain right now

I hope you can't for my sake

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Who knew? I was devastated. I turned forty, needed a mammogram, bifocal glasses, anti-wrinkle products, a fiber supplement, and now granny panties?

Sure enough, I found out through my research that doctors are concerned about the health implications of wearing thong underwear. Recurrent vaginal infections are more common in thong wearers. The string part can inflame the skin, leading to thrush which is a yeast infection of the skin that thrives in warm, moist environments. Another concern is bacteria can travel along that little string from the rectum to the vaginal area. Everyone knows that you wipe from front to back, not the other way around, so wearing thong underwear defeats that purpose. The chafing that occurs can negatively impact the whole genital area and leave the area more susceptible to infections. Bladder infections and urinary tract infections are more common in thong wearers, too.

but you understand this does not belong in the hyrax thread.

Mister, your display name is confusing me.

well its worth a little inflammation for the titillation

Why are you doing this to my beautiful thread when you could be posting pictures?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/3155857571_2b3fec94f6.jpg

be quiet or there will be more references to human fermentation

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5963817212_63caf6bd6b_m.jpg

Don't really want to know what's going on here.

http://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/cute-h.jpg?w=490&h=326

in a strange cosmic connection between rock hyraxes and yeast infections

http://convulsions.magnesiumforhealth.com/vagifem-medication/

hahahah, what the fuck!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Hemicentetes_semispinosus.jpg seesm like its from Jim Henson

http://bearmythology.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/guy-fieri.jpg

inspiration for a lifestyle : a small dorky creature

OK in the picture with the 2 RHs Eskimo kissing they almost look cute.

Wait, so there's now a corrugated-iron-roof hyrax? (many xposts)

I would like to see an elephant hyrax hybrid

In the Natural History Museum in London there is a rock hyrax sitting right next to an elephant, even though the info is all "we don't know for sure whether they're actually related". Yeah, Natural History Museum - try saying that to the hyrax's face.

that would enrage a hyrax of any kind

damn right i'm treyf, motherfucker!

http://eideard.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/rockhyrax.jpg?w=275&h=288

the rock hyrax is the "audi-driving mba bro just havin a cold brew at dorrian's, you faggot" of the animal kingdom

But it sings:

Arik Kershenbaum and colleagues at the University of Haifa and Tel Aviv University have found something more surprising. Hyraxes’ songs have something rarely found in mammals: syntax that varies according to where the hyraxes live, geographical dialects in how they put their songs together. The research was published online Wednesday in The Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Bird songs show syntax, this ordering of song components in different ways, but very few mammals make such orderly, arranged sounds. Whales, bats and some primates show syntax in their vocalizations, but nobody really expected such sophistication from the hyrax, and it was thought that the selection of sounds in the songs were relatively random.

Hyraxes are common in Africa and the Middle East, and there are quite a lot of them where Mr. Kershenbaum lives. He kept hearing their songs and thinking, “I simply don’t believe that these complex songs can be totally random.”

So he and his colleagues recorded hyraxes around Israel and analyzed the makeup of the songs using mathematical techniques drawn from genetic analysis. They found a complex syntax that did vary. They suspect that the dialects may be carried by males when they leave their home territory as they mature, and that changes in dialect come as other hyraxes copy the songs imperfectly or improvise.

Their songs are not like those of birds, as you might imagine by the way scientists have broken down the notes, or syllables, of hyrax arias. The five kinds of sounds are the “wail,’ ‘chuck,’ ‘snort,’ ‘squeak’ and ‘tweet.’ ”

Poll on those last options, BTW.

awesome, I look forward to the CD

xp: it's like a Banana Splits side project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH3DteA95ZI

^^^ Important news for all fans of a) hyraxes, b) unwelcome sexual attention among animals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbz4XOPYe4U

rock hyrax: 'JUST FUCK OFF'

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5184411827_ddec888ea6.jpg

I am a hyrax for the county
And I'll bite you in the face

A++

http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/07/rock-hyraxes-play-hide-and-seek-at-virginia-zoo.html

http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/07/-tiny-rock-hyrax-for-chester-zoo.html

Nice to know that they born looking mean-spirited.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9664981/Blessed-are-the-Rock-Badgers-as-Justin-Welby-heads-for-Canterbury.html

"vampire groundhog"

Buzzfeed trying to still ILX's flair or something

http://www.buzzfeed.com/annmariealcantara/these-guinea-pig-look-alikes-are-related-to-elephants-adorbs

Baby rock hydraxes equally as angry looking:

http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b01a3fd40c7cc970b-800wi

http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2014/08/rock-hyrax-quad-born-at-chester-zoo.html

http://i.imgur.com/4QH7S9A.jpg

new pixar movie villain team

The baby looks like it's plotting to murder the big one in its sleep.

And the big one looks like its too dumb to realize this.