Fascinating and well photographed. Paul
> On Jan 12, 2019, at 2:53 AM, Alan Cole <wisselstro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> Nice. They are closely related to elephants, apparently. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: PDML <pdml-boun...@pdml.net> On Behalf Of Alan C >>> Sent: 10 January 2019 13:34 >>> To: Pentax Discus Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >>> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
