Rock Hyrax / Dassie
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Flutterby
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Rock Hyrax / Dassie
We saw these dassies near Masorini picnic spot. I have never seen dassies climbing trees before...is this normal?
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It's very normal 
I have seen lots of DITs 
but never in Kruger 
They eat any vegetation from grass to tree leaves. But they feed mostly on grasses, and supplement their diet with herbage, leaves, berries, fruit, and the bark of trees during the dry season. They have a tolerance for eating highly poisonous plants.
I have seen lots of DITs but never in Kruger They eat any vegetation from grass to tree leaves. But they feed mostly on grasses, and supplement their diet with herbage, leaves, berries, fruit, and the bark of trees during the dry season. They have a tolerance for eating highly poisonous plants.
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Re: Rock Hyrax / Dassie
From Wikipedia:
Hyraxes feed on a wide variety of different plants, including both grasses and broad-leafed plants. They also have been reported to eat insects and grubs. The rock hyraxes forage for food up to about 50 metres from their refuge, usually feeding as a group and with one or more acting as sentries from a prominent lookout position. On the approach of danger, the sentries give an alarm call, and the animals quickly retreat to their refuge. They are able to go for many days without water due to the moisture they obtain through their food. Despite their seemingly clumsy build, they are able to climb trees, and will readily enter residential gardens to feed on the leaves of citrus and other trees.
Hyraxes feed on a wide variety of different plants, including both grasses and broad-leafed plants. They also have been reported to eat insects and grubs. The rock hyraxes forage for food up to about 50 metres from their refuge, usually feeding as a group and with one or more acting as sentries from a prominent lookout position. On the approach of danger, the sentries give an alarm call, and the animals quickly retreat to their refuge. They are able to go for many days without water due to the moisture they obtain through their food. Despite their seemingly clumsy build, they are able to climb trees, and will readily enter residential gardens to feed on the leaves of citrus and other trees.
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Penga Ndlovu
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"Longing for the bush is a luxury many have.
Living in the bush is a luxury that only a few have"
Living in the bush is a luxury that only a few have"
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Thanks Amoli.
"Longing for the bush is a luxury many have.
Living in the bush is a luxury that only a few have"
Living in the bush is a luxury that only a few have"
Re: Rock Hyrax / Dassie
-O Love it.
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)