Thanks for looking, Bob, Dan, Jack & any others. It seems to have pushed off now that I have blocked access to the garage.
Apparently the skeletal structure of Dassies, Dugongs & Elephants are similar which is why they are grouped together. If they had a common ancestor it was long, long ago. Alan C BTW, it's happened again - I can't send or reply on FB, have to use gmail. On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 4:44 PM Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice. They are closely related to elephants, apparently. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: PDML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Alan C > > Sent: 10 January 2019 13:34 > > To: Pentax Discus Mail List <[email protected]> > > Subject: PESO: Tree Dassie > > > > A Tree Dassie (Dendrohyrax arboreus) on my garden wall. It was living > in the > > garage but I've now blocked access (made a hell of a mess too). > > Tree Dassies are nocturnal, herbivorous & solitary, quite the opposite > to the > > communal Rock Dassies found on kopjies. At first I couldn't get close > but now > > can approach to about 5m. Apparently they have become garden pests in > > Johannesburg with somethin of a population explosion. > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/39723814793/ > > > > K5 & HD 55-300 in deep shade. > > > > Alan C > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
