Recently while in Kenya I found out what a Hyrax is, and why they are evil and not to be slept near. A Hyrax is a small rodent looking thing that is actually related to the elephant with little small tusks.
Now here is why I call these cute unique animals evil, they have a tendency to scream at about 160 decibels from 10pm to 5am sounding like someone is being murdered. I did not get any sleep the two nights I had one near where I was sleeping. These critters were more alarming than lions roaring, hyenas evil laughing or jackals barking in Kenya at night.
So I present for your listening displeasure my iPhone recording of the Hyrax at 2am. I wanted to make him into a nice spicy little stew.
Hyrax in Kenya at 2am.mp3
(photo credit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrax)
You should make it your new ring tone Shaan, it’ll be sure to get your attention!
Scott, I do not ever want to hear a Hyrax again.
After hearing that Shaan, I think spicy Hydrax stew is a brilliant idea… trouble is you’ll need a lot ’em…
I had a neighbor who kept peacocks. They scream in the early morning hours.
The translation is “Look everyone he’s using an iPhone…should have got a Samsung Galaxy S2..”
Neil, I have both but my Samsung Galaxy SII was out of battery.
LOL – I have the same problem with my S2 (but I don’t have a fallback iPhone……)
An interesting little bugger…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/science/hyrax-songs-have-orderly-syntax-researchers-say.html
Our friends in kenya are getting all permisions to send you want to your home as a new garden pet 🙂 they are so cute!
Gonzalo
When you get your Hyrax you’ll want to be sure to put in an order for an Augur Buzzard just in case. 🙂
Good thing there are no hyrax in our place, though there are some crickets but I am used to it.
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TITLE: Kenya Changed Me and I Will Never Be The Same
BLOG NAME: Between the Lines
I recently was in in extremely Northern Kenya for a few weeks with Dr. Louise Leakey, Yang Deming of Kenya National Museum, and my colleague Gonzalo Martinez for an Autodesk research project. It changed my perspective on the world, and life.