Dinosaur
AH veteran
One thing that I do miss from Kenya, is the call of the tree hyrax, the attached you tube audio clip is close, but just doesn't really capture how loud that they really are.
When I first heard them after dark at my uncles house at Nairobi, I was truly astounded at such a loud scary noise coming from a small rodent like creature. Firstly you hear clicking which gets louder and louder, and louder, then a noise like someone trying to start a chain saw, then an extremely loud scream that shrieks like a lady being raped, it is absolutely unreal, To top it off, there are groups of the hyrax's competing with each other.
Here's a mild sample of a tree Hyrax call from You Tube:
Regards
Rob
When I first heard them after dark at my uncles house at Nairobi, I was truly astounded at such a loud scary noise coming from a small rodent like creature. Firstly you hear clicking which gets louder and louder, and louder, then a noise like someone trying to start a chain saw, then an extremely loud scream that shrieks like a lady being raped, it is absolutely unreal, To top it off, there are groups of the hyrax's competing with each other.
Here's a mild sample of a tree Hyrax call from You Tube:
Regards
Rob
