The rock hyrax is one angry looking motherfucker

'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

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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.