Dassie by Hermanv

Photography • Animals • posted on May 16, 2008

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Hi all, this lady was also in the Pretoria zoo (wonderful place). I know very little about them so i visited Wikipedia "The Cape Hyrax, or Rock Hyrax, (Procavia capensis) is a species in the order Hyracoidea. Like all hyraxes, it superficially resembles a guinea pig with short ears and tail. They are known as dassies in South Africa. The Swahili names for them are pimbi, pelele and wibari, though the latter two names are nowadays reserved for the tree hyraxes. This species has many subspecies, many of which are known as Cape Hyrax or Rock Hyrax, although the latter usually refers to African varieties." Tanx Wikipedia

Comments (14)

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dbyrd

7:07AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

Excellent "Life" shot.

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busi2ness

7:30AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

It's a very good capture in my opinion Harry and of course one which is also getting and "ooh" and "aah". The little ones are very cute.

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cfulton

7:41AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

Well done! My wife could find none of them to show the children on thier first outing up Table Mountain the other day, where they tend to be prevalent. You know of course that the dassie is the African elephant’s closest living relative, in spite of the size difference. Cheers, Clive

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Zeldie

7:49AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

Ag julle maar dis cute! Mooi gedoen daar Harry!! :)

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koosievantutte

8:01AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

it's a beautiful animal and, as always, the small ones are so cute. never heard of them before.

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tennesseecowgirl

8:28AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

wonderful!

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uk601

9:18AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

soooo cute. beautiful shot

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kimariehere

9:43AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

adroable capture too cute!!!

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furuta

11:04AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

So cute... wonderful shot.

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durleybeachbum

1:32PM | Fri, 16 May 2008

Marvellous!

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Meisiekind

3:36PM | Fri, 16 May 2008

Very cute image Harry!! They are such darling animals...

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JaneEden

4:56PM | Fri, 16 May 2008

This is amazing and a priceless shot!!! hugs Jane xx

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kgb224

12:28AM | Sat, 17 May 2008

Herman excellent capture of Mother Dassie with babies.I agree with you i went to the zoo 3 times already and it is an excellent place to take pictures of the wild animals.

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