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a hyrax huddle
They're poor at temperature regulation, so they bask in the sun and huddle a lot.
Often mistaken for a rodent, the hyrax is more closely related to the elephant and manatee (taxon Paenungulata), which is pretty strange. Some evidence for this comes from their shared genital and tit location, which doesn't seem like the best indicator, but hey, science!
TheWeatherOutsideIsWeather
MY MY! Those Eyelashes!
theresalwaysarockinmyshoe
LarryDNJR
I took a couple photos of Rock Hyrax at the Cleveland Zoo once. Two were having sex and when the male pulled off his dick was dragging.
dreamover
this is cute
thepaddy
Fact: The closest living animal related to the Hyrax is the Elephant.
coprolite
..and the manatee, which seems equally strange to me.
coprolite
That last pic has some mega zoom in case you really want to get to know one of these fellas.
Rodaku508
You were right on that one.
lardown
I'm not sure that noble means what you think it means.
coprolite
Yeah they're actually pretty silly.
lardown
Certainly cute!