BMW owner finds animals living in her engine
MrBrian
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Thu Jan 3, 1:19 PM ET
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - 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
Astonished staff at the BMW dealership phoned Johannesburg Zoo and asked them to come and rescue the animals as the car had been abandoned in their washbay and was interfering with their work, a zoo official told AFP.
"The guys (BMW staff) called us and said that there was movement in the engine, that there were animals (there)," said collection manager at the zoo Dominic Moss.
"When we opened the bonnet the dassies were running about the engine and chassis plate, under the engine and inside the bumpers of the car," he said.
"Dassies can get quite big, the size of a cat. If you can imagine having six cats in your engine," added Moss.
The animal expert believed the dassies had chosen the BMW as their new home because its space and warmth made them think they were in the "rocks" somewhere.
"The BMW is obviously nice and warm and looks like a rocky outcrop and that's why they wanted to live in it," he said.
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They have good taste in cars.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080103/od_afp/safricaanimalsoffbeat_080103181940
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - 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
Astonished staff at the BMW dealership phoned Johannesburg Zoo and asked them to come and rescue the animals as the car had been abandoned in their washbay and was interfering with their work, a zoo official told AFP.
"The guys (BMW staff) called us and said that there was movement in the engine, that there were animals (there)," said collection manager at the zoo Dominic Moss.
"When we opened the bonnet the dassies were running about the engine and chassis plate, under the engine and inside the bumpers of the car," he said.
"Dassies can get quite big, the size of a cat. If you can imagine having six cats in your engine," added Moss.
The animal expert believed the dassies had chosen the BMW as their new home because its space and warmth made them think they were in the "rocks" somewhere.
"The BMW is obviously nice and warm and looks like a rocky outcrop and that's why they wanted to live in it," he said.
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They have good taste in cars.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080103/od_afp/safricaanimalsoffbeat_080103181940
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That is funny.THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!
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The hyrax is the only living relative of the..............elephant!!!! Look it up. All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.0
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We had a rat living in our Integra engine...It got caught in the fan one day and BOOM!! Rat bits all over the engine...it was gross....be philanthropic0
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The ultimate nesting machine.My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.0
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