Photo 15205020, (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo

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What

Cape Molerat (Georychus capensis)

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tonyrebelo

Date

February 10, 2013

Description

Cape Molerat


This is him being released. First had to prove that he was man enough and that we had best leave him alone, achieved with little forward lurches accompanied by sniffle-grunts with teeth flaring and gnashing.

Having established who was boss, it was dig a hole: 57 seconds from start to gone ...

(except that it is not dig: it is chewing, the feet are just used to push the sand backwards: the action is done with the teeth)

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