post silly creatures now
AWAWA
so I guess these are the meme animal of the month after honky badgers and coconut doggies
>>5153457You're a miserable cunt where do you think we are
>>5153448>>5153450Why are you calling these guys silly?
>>5153554bcs they are
Their wikipedia article calls them rotund, fucking mean
Male hyraxes lack a scrotum and their testicles remain tucked up in their abdominal cavity next to the kidneys
>>5153448why do they do this
>>5154493rape
It's surreal to me that there were cow sized Hyraxes during the Paleogene and now all we have are these little fuzzy things.I suppose in an alternate universe Horses are still small like Hyracotherium while all extant hyraxes are large and derived like Titanohyrax.>>5154287What's the advantage of this? Wouldn't it lower their sperm count?
>>5154796can't get their balls caught in a hole or trapped under a rock
>>5153448More?
>>5153448Creature of little power
>>5154287Same with beavers, they essentially have a micropenis.
>>5154493why don't you do that
>>5156752i do do that
>>5154287lucky
>>5156791how
>>5156710No, little creature of power
>>5154796>What's the advantage of this?They didn't lose a scrotum, they just never had it. Scrotums evolved once in Boroeutheria (ancestors of us and most other mammals) and then also independently in marsupials, except their scrotum is above the penis.Atlantogenata is the sister group of Boroeutheria and they just never evolved a scrotum, and hyraxes are atlantogenatans.
>>5158136That makes sense.>Atlantogenata all evolved in tropical climates so having a scrotum wouldn't have made much difference in fertility due to the high external temperatures>Boroeutheria evolved in more temperate climates so having a scrotum would give them a substantial fertility advantage
>>5153448wj
>>5153448why
>>5158136The marsupial model kinda makes more sense on quadrupeds.
Oh I hadn't realized there was a dedicated hyrax thread. Guess I'll post my videos here instead?>>5159789>>5160853
I saw hyraxes at the zoo today :)Good climbers
I mean what does it even do?
>>5160858that's mostly what the hyraxes at the zoo were doing too, loafing out and staring warily
>>5160857>>5160859Did you hear them "wawa"! Will you share any photos here from your visit?
>>5160898I ain't take any pictures and they didn't seem to be making noises. They were cute though.
>>5153457Fellow cat enjoyer I too am upset by such wasted space on the catalog. The hyrax is a one second meme compared to the infinity of cats.
>>5160858they bide their time until they must awawa once again
>>5161140For you Anon.>>>/wsg/6235003
It is indeed "A Mammal"
John Mammal
>>5153448>is clearly some kind of gopher>um ackshully this is the closest living relative to elephants! trust the science, goy!Darwinists are unhinged lmao
Truly, one of the mammals of all time.>>>/wsg/6235629
>>5161387You say that but what if God just likes to fuck with taxonomists
>>5153448No
>>5154493why not
>>5161366I think this hyrax has autism.
>>5161429that is not a meerkat
>>5158136>>5154796>>5154287Also the ancestors of hyraxes were semiaquatic so having internal testes makes sense for hydrodynamics
>Caveman Patrick closeup image
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>>5168230Man, people can't even afford proper sleep paralysis demons these days
>>5168228scary
>>5154493I'm gonna be that fun guy at the party. The reason hyraxes stick their tongue out is for the same reason snakes and monitor lizards do it. They smell the air with their tongue.
>>5153598not silly
