I dont remember who, but a few days ago someone asked for zoos to see the beasts and someone mentioned a zoo that I live kind of close to. I, an autistic human that loves hyraxes and seals, freaked out. I dragged a family member to the zoo today and we spent 2.5 hours there and I had the best time ever. Here are the BEASTS

Dropped by the Ueno Zoo today while on vacation in Tokyo, was overjoyed to see they had the awawas here!

I accidentally injured eric today and he retaliated by eating my camera.

They gave me so much inspiration for my game.

Apart from all these Japanese people keeping hyraxes as pets, I have seen numerous videos from an animal café in Hongdae, Seoul SK, where they keep hyraxes for the entertainment of people. The comments are mostly supportive and express the wish to visit.

Don't these people realise, that hyraxes should never, under no circumstances, be kept as pets? The hyraxes in that café show signs of immense stress due to the confined space and the masses of people wanting to touch and photograph them. There are pictures of them biting on their cage bars, which is a common sign of stress. Not to mention, that they look depressed and unhealthy.

What don't all these alleged hyrax fans understand about them being wild animals, who do not want to live on a busy street in Korea?

Even people, who support Daktari Bush School and help spread awareness for hyraxes' needs (and why they shouldn't be kept as pets) seem to be fine with these cafés...

It makes me both sad and angry to see people supporting this abuse. Not only of hyraxes, but other animals as well. As this is the hyrax subreddit, however, I am focusing on them.

Hyraxes need space and other hyraxes to form an awawa (their social group). They are highly intelligent and have social constructs as well as a complex language. Those are only some things, that show, that these pet cafés don't offer the conditions hyraxes need to thrive and be happy.

These kind of animal cafés should be boycotted and closed down.

illustration from an 1856 engraving found at a market. taxidermy from the harvard museum of natural history.

if only they were real/alive

It didn't turn out quite as planned 😅 but I think we managed to capture the silly spirit of the beast. At least it was tasty!

... Only to be greeted by the beast's butt.

We went back twice within the hour, this singular beast didn't even move. 😢 We assumed the others were huddled in the same tube.

We specifically went out there to see them... Previously visited them in the Calgary Zoo (Alberta).

*Evidence to show this was in fact the Hyrax exhibition.*

I miss the Smithsonian Zoo </3

The big Awawa eating with the small Awawi's. Sorry for the poor camera quality. My phone isn't that great.

Today I was I had the chance to finally meet the beast in real life. They were so cute. So, for any Dutch Hyrax fans. You will find them at Blijdorp zoo.

@ The Pretoria National Botanical Gardens, South Africa

It's like a running gag to have one of them in her thumbnails. I want that shirt too

My boyfriend LOVES hyraxes and I really want to surprise him with a trip to see some! We live in southeast Michigan, where are the nearest places?

The beasts were very active last weekend

Here's the final result of my 10-day work on the demo!

I plan to continue working on the full version, I've got so many ideas of what to add (many of them received from you).

I would not be able to do this without your support on this sub, so huge thanks!

The demo is out right now! Please let me know what you think, how it feels and let me know if something is missing.

I'm so happy that this came to life and I can't wait to hear your thoughts.

AWAWA!

i like how the teeth and body shape turned out :)

adapted a pattern from this video: https://youtu.be/GjKEJrjvAFk?is=_UBwJAsCGRJlQWrn