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Sandbathing
One can’t help but admire nature’s integrated patterns. Moles push up pads of soft soil, which the small rock hyraxes enjoy rolling in. Once they have established a ‘sandbathing’ area, along come...
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Rock Hyrax, a relative of the Elephant!
Meet the elephant’s closest living relative! Hard to believe, yet in distant times they evolved from the same family branch. They’re incredibly tough creatures, adapted to harsh living conditions...
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New Arrivals!
The news is out! My neighbour confirmed today that our nearby colony of dassies (Rock Hyrax) have produced the first of the summer litters. Late this afternoon I went to investigate and sure enough...
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Related: The elephant, dugong and hyrax.
One of the quirkier fates of the evolutionary process is that dissimilar animals are related. Take the elephant, dugong and hyrax: they are descended from a common ancestor albeit millions of years...
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2012 in pictures.
Thanks to Sara and the WordPress team for the inspiring weekly challenge topics posted through the year. It’s been a great way to learn new techniques and see what others create. Of all the...
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New Arrivals
Sighted this evening: the first of the baby rock hyrax (dassies). It’s a happy occasion as the numbers over winter had decreased, we suspect that the local ‘rooikat’ (lynx) has been enjoying a high...
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Sandbathing Dassies
Let’s twist away, like we did last summer….. Inspired by this week’s photo challenge: TwistFiled under: Dassies, Weekly photo challenge Tagged: Cape Peninsula., nature photography, postaday,...
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Dassies 1
Nature on the Edge:Hot off the press!! This new blog rolls out today, and i’m thrilled to be co-contributor. Wilf Nussey, a well known journalist and author, will be telling the Tales of our...
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Serenity: When dusk falls in False Bay
Picture the scene as day gently falls towards dusk and colours distill through the waters on the bay. Our community of dassies settle over the rocks and there on the highest is “Pavarotti’ singing...
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All plump and curvy
Sleek they are not, but so charming in their demeanour. Meet the Rock Hyrax, (commonly known as a dassie) related to the elephant and dugong – the connection to their rounded physique. A lively...
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Wordless Wednesday: Rock Hyrax
Young rock hyrax clambours up to mother’s ear – “………….?”
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