Rodents with an affinity for good German engineering

**40sondacurb** · 01-03-2008, 10:51 PM

A car-owner in the South African capital Johannesburg was driven to desperation when she found a family of Cape Hyrax, small animals that resemble guinea pigs, living in the engine of her BMW.

Said Dominic Moss, collection manager at the Johannesburg Zoo, "Dassies (as they are locally known) can get quite big, the size of a cat. If you can imagine having six cats in your engine,"

Judging by the amount of dung found in the car, the dassies had obviously been around for a while, he added, after the car engine had been stripped down to get at the little creatures.

"They were covered in grease and had fanbelt burns... some were badly injured," Moss said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080103...t_080103181940

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~~Nik00117~~ · 01-04-2008, 05:05 AM

We have those around here, huge pain in the **** if you ask me.

**ashumann12** · 01-04-2008, 11:26 AM

Hey Nik, you should have seen our "nuke bunnys" around Miesau, bigger than cats but smaller than dogs. They used to play heck with our motion sensors around the site.

01-03-2008, 10:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
40sondacurb Don't be a menace Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,285 OS: Vista sp2	Rodents with an affinity for good German engineering A car-owner in the South African capital Johannesburg was driven to desperation when she found a family of Cape Hyrax, small animals that resemble guinea pigs, living in the engine of her BMW. Said Dominic Moss, collection manager at the Johannesburg Zoo, "Dassies (as they are locally known) can get quite big, the size of a cat. If you can imagine having six cats in your engine," Judging by the amount of dung found in the car, the dassies had obviously been around for a while, he added, after the car engine had been stripped down to get at the little creatures. "They were covered in grease and had fanbelt burns... some were badly injured," Moss said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080103...t_080103181940 animal may or may not be a rodent. All thread titles are completely fictitious unless otherwise stated. __________________ Donate to keep the forum running Last edited by 40sondacurb; 01-03-2008 at 10:57 PM.*

01-04-2008, 05:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Re: Rodents with an affinity for good German engineering We have those around here, huge pain in the **** if you ask me.

01-04-2008, 11:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
ashumann12 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama-usa Posts: 3,945 OS: Vista Ultimate SP1 (64bit) My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Rodents with an affinity for good German engineering Hey Nik, you should have seen our "nuke bunnys" around Miesau, bigger than cats but smaller than dogs. They used to play heck with our motion sensors around the site. __________________ Adam Sr. Last edited by ashumann12; 01-04-2008 at 11:27 AM.