The rock hyrax is one angry looking motherfucker

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.

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.