the rock hyrax, my favorite treyf beastie
XD
― there can be only but steam that smells of shit and weaklingness (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 04:24 (fourteen years ago) link
man this makes want to put on Hate Fear And Power
― nitzer ENBB (latebloomer), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i dunno why anyone ever got it in their minds to EAT one. though maybe that was the POINT of making hyrax meat treyf.
― טרײף טְרֵפָה (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 04:51 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I would imagine they're quite fatty, given they don't appear to do anything other than sit on rocks barking at people.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 09:36 (fourteen years ago) link
so did you see any in the flesh in uganda??
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:35 (fourteen years ago) link
No :(
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link
:(
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:42 (fourteen years ago) link
"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
― del griffith, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
what was the clue?
― goole, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.livingworldimages.com/IMG_5225.jpg
"This, seen here, is one angry looking motherfucker."
― feelin on yo (_(__) (m bison), Thursday, 22 July 2010 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
lollllllllll
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Thursday, 22 July 2010 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― del griffith, Thursday, 22 July 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5vs0jwKa-E&feature=player_embedded
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
isn't that like every mammal ever?
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Dziękuję bardzo panie robocie (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
lol that video
no two animals have ever hated each other more
― goole, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
why is this so sad? Do you want to eat all cute fierce animals?
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
who wouldn't?
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
they look tasty TBH.
― Dziękuję bardzo panie robocie (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
>:E
― corey, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.zazzle.com/hyrax_israeli_rock_rabbit_dog_shirt-155760147338031554
OMG.
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 June 2011 10:28 (twelve years ago) link
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..."
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 June 2011 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/052011/small_crasher%20hyrax.jpg
Needs Andrei Arshavin in there.
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 June 2011 10:31 (twelve years ago) link
hot rax in the city
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Hyraxbasking.jpg/797px-Hyraxbasking.jpg
― I'll show you the power of laughter! (Abbbottt), Monday, 27 June 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
lol
That hyrax on the tortoise vid still cracks me up.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 27 June 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― everything, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
What is it about perfume being made from revolting things like whale barf and deer sweat... and HYDRAX PISS!? :|
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 05:46 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― everything, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
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".
― everything, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
hyrax can I bottle ur pee why because it smell intersting
― corey, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
when i get past the fact that hyrax meat is treyf, then i'll concern myself with their piss.
― I-95 Phuck Phace (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
'er indoors went absolutely freaking nuts over dassies last year, she thinks they're CUTE ffs
― Leee Marcello's Putting Challenge (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
everything with a pretty classic pair of posts there
― Don't start the chain you know? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 06:09 (twelve years ago) link
― 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
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 07:34 (twelve years ago) link
I love the little guys
― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
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 New Dirty Vicar, Friday, 5 August 2011 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
The time has come for the revolution, DV! Rise! Rise!
― kkvgz, Friday, 5 August 2011 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
They are not "cute" ffs.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 August 2011 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Friday, 5 August 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ Goth.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 August 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
[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?
― rener, Friday, 5 August 2011 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
what the world needs is a photoshopped picture of a hyrax wearing a keffiyeh.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Friday, 5 August 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
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
― goole, Friday, 5 August 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
I guess even the animals are in a state of unrest in the middle east
― hwy not write Ohkhaye!" Onktean? (Latham Green), Friday, 5 August 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link