Friends fur-ever!!

[ailsagirl]

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BTW, can someone ID the enormous rodent (?) riding on the tortoise (around 0:40)??

[blogslut]

1. Maybe a Quokka?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka

[ailsagirl]

2. It could be-- I haven't a clue

I'm not freaked out by rodents the way so many people are-- heck, I had a pet white rat when I was a kid!

Thanks for the link!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

3. at about :40, Maybe a capybara

They could share a similar environment for sure.

[ailsagirl]

4. I just read that the capybara is the world's largest rodent!

Of course, it would help if we knew how large the tortoise is (to get the perspective right).

Thank you, Joe!

[ailsagirl]

5. I don't believe it is a capybara

Its snout is different




Back to the drawing board!!

[blogslut]

6. It's a wombat - or not.

http://funsubstance.com/fun/199212/a-wombat-riding-a-turtle/



The commenters are not sure.

[ailsagirl]

8. I wonder if they normally hitch a ride on tortoises' backs?

I just looked up wombats-- I think that's IT!!! Question answered!!

Think about it: it's got to put a strain on the poor tortoise!!

Thanks!!

[blogslut]

9. Happy to help. :)

Hopefully it was a short ride.

[ailsagirl]

10. Thanks, blogslut!!

[smirkymonkey]

7. Awww! So cute!

[smilodon populator]

11. Actually, it's a hyrax

I'm not sure whether the images are going to show up on this post or just links to them. I'm still trying to get the hang of this posting thing.

Anyway, as you can see from those teeth, that ain't no rodent!

[ailsagirl]

13. wow-- curiouser and curiouser!

So it's not a wombat nor is it even a rodent

Interesting

They're not very...er... discreet, are they?

[Enrique]

14. Hyrax is also a type of orthodontic device

that picture shows why.

[ailsagirl]

15. Aha!!

[smilodon populator]

12. More closely related to elephants.

This what the ancient ancestor of elephants probably looked like.
(but if elephants came from hyraxes, why are there still hyraxes?!)

More:
http://robynwomack.com/tag/hyrax/