Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as “dassies,” are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no discernible tails. They spend much of their time sunning themselves on rocky outcrops. Another thing they sometimes do is drag their butts along the ground. Dog owners know that this behavior can be a sign of parasitic infections; in hyraxes the …
Read More »First of its kind ‘butt drag fossil’ discovered in South Africa — and it was left by a fuzzy elephant relative 126,000 years ago
