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The Colony of the Rock Hyrax
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Copyright: Yedidia Yerushalmi (yedidia)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-02-09 |
| Categories: Mammals |
| Camera: Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-02-16 5:27 |
| Viewed: 562 |
| Points: 6 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Syrian Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis syriaca)is a lovely litle mammal. Located always near rokes, where they have their colony base and escape to in danger.
Rock Hyraxes live in herds of 50-100 individuals. These herds are subdivided into smaller flocks consisting of a few families and headed by an adult male.
During a tour in Gamla Natural & Historical Reserve, I revealed a an Hyraxes colony in a huge rocks aggregation, near the edge of steep mountain. I creeps slowly up to 20 meters from that individuals, a part of a dozen Hyraxes, that I could see, who sunbathed peacefully. |
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A good group portrait of those cute little mammals Yedidia, they look slightly similar to the wild race of Guinea Pigs. TFS my friend.
Mehmet
nice family, dash Ori
Hello Yedidia,
Good colony image...
Never seen before in a zoo let alone in the wild.
TFS
Annick
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