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Two of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_hyrax (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_hyrax)
What am I going to do? :buggedout:
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Nah, nothing, they're our friends.
The really weird thing is that our offices are almost in the city centre and we have wild animals in our garden. :question:
Would that be the African version of the opossum or raccoon? :bouncegiggle:
Keep the window shut, Trevor, hyrax are good climbers!
A friend was in zoology at the university I attended. He brought home an aged rock hyrax and kept it as a pet (more like a room mate) in his basement apartment. It liked to run around on top of the pipes running near the ceiling through the storage room.
They are quite shy, but like any animal can bite when alarmed. So for pity's sake: curb that underwear.
Let us know if you see them talking to any of the squirrels.
From the title of the thread, I was picturing a pair of zombies that was menacing Trevor. :teddyr:
Quote from: Shadow on April 29, 2008, 06:17:05 PM
From the title of the thread, I was picturing a pair of zombies that was menacing Trevor. :teddyr:
Me too, Shadow! :bouncegiggle:
I've never heard of that animal before, so I had to scroll down through the posts before I clicked on the link. I thought it might have been some weird jungle spider. I HATE spiders!
QuoteFrom the title of the thread, I was picturing a pair of zombies that was menacing Trevor.
:teddyr: Nahh, that would have been my would-be mother in law. :teddyr:
QuoteLet us know if you see them talking to any of the squirrels.
:teddyr: I hope I can go to Cape Town in July: there are some squirrels in the Parliament Gardens there that would like to make Odinn's acquaintance. :wink:
QuoteSo for pity's sake: curb that underwear.
:teddyr: I fed them this morning: one big bag of crisp heart lettuce. The undies would have made them faint. :bouncegiggle:
QuoteWould that be the African version of the opossum or raccoon?
:smile: They're very similar, yes. The hyraxes we have are friendly little buggers.
I caught these two yesterday.....ahem, shall we say, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard would probably not say, 'engaging'. :teddyr:
I went outside and shouted, like a distraught parent: "Oi! What the bloody hell do you think you're doing!". The one on top got such a fright, he fell off into the drain and the other one looked at me with such a guilty face I just had to laugh. :teddyr:
Trivia!
The Rock Badger is said by the Jews to be not kosher, and therefore may not be eaten under any circumstances. The Rock Badger's name in Hebrew literally translates to "mountain bunny."
So if you are Jewish - resist the urge to eat 'em.
First time I have heard about Rock Hyrax before. I guess that could be due to the fact that live in America and have never seen one before today, and the fact that I some knowledge of animals but very much.
Quote from: Raffine on May 08, 2008, 10:33:57 AM
Trivia!
The Rock Badger is said by the Jews to be not kosher, and therefore may not be eaten under any circumstances. The Rock Badger's name in Hebrew literally translates to "mountain bunny."
So if you are Jewish - resist the urge to eat 'em.
So mountain bunny with matzo balls is out of the question?
Well I'm not Jewish so I guess it's doable.
QuoteSo mountain bunny with matzo balls is out of the question?
You would apparently have to have a lot of
cojones to eat these because I've been told that they don't really taste nice. Anyway, the two we have here are our friends and the archives' mascots and we don't eat our friends. :twirl:
They'll steal your underpants!
I live in an urbanized area of Arizona, as in nothing but people. I always find it amazing when I see other animals managing to survive amidst humanity. There are multiple canals in Phoenix, and I love to see things like coyotes or Great Blue Herons just running along in the midst of a species that will kill them if they get the chance. The best thing I have ever seen in Phoenix is the turtles that live in the canal system here. They're hard to spot, since once they see you coming they get the hell out of Dodge (a wise strategy if they want to live). But they are there, and if you're lucky you'll spot one.
I do have one thing to say. We have some birds who have nested on the roof of the library I work at. Others say there cooing sooths them. I do not agree. It grates on me like nobody's business. I'm sure it sounds nice to some, as I'm sure there others who like the grating and non-stop mating calls of cicadas.
I don't feel too bad though. My underpants are still intact.
QuoteThey'll steal your underpants!
Nah, no fear: they'll have to strip me naked first. I never, never, never, ever, never, ever bring my undies to work except on me. No one would survive the devastation that my undies would bring on, not even Uwe Boll could manage that. :buggedout:
QuoteI don't feel too bad though. My underpants are still intact.
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:buggedout: :buggedout: Mine aren't: at least the last time I had them peeled off after three months constant wear they weren't. :teddyr:
Hey Trevor, it doesn't sound like your underpants are any worse than that hyraceum stuff. Which begs a question, how hard is that stuff to get off your shoes?
Luckily for me, our hyrax friends do their #1 and #2 away from where the respectable zoo known as the Film Archives' staff do their #3's and #4's so I haven't trod in any of that stuff yet. Thankfully. :tongueout:
I haven't seen it but man, does it stink, especially when it rains here. :buggedout:
Quote from: Trevor on May 08, 2008, 10:24:21 AM
I caught these two yesterday.....ahem, shall we say, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard would probably not say, 'engaging'. :teddyr:
I went outside and shouted, like a distraught parent: "Oi! What the bloody hell do you think you're doing!". The one on top got such a fright, he fell off into the drain and the other one looked at me with such a guilty face I just had to laugh. :teddyr:
Poor little guy probably won't be able to "engage" for a week after the fright you gave him! His sweety will wanna do warp 7, and he'll be at half impulse. Shame on you!