The granite outcrops and hilly areas of Ruaha National Park are the perfect habitat for the Bush Hyrax.


The granite outcrops and hilly areas of Ruaha National Park are the perfect habitat for the Bush Hyrax. They prefer eating tough broadleaf deciduous foliage and are remarkably agile in the most precarious branches of tall trees when they have a body design that looks totally unsuited to such a lifestyle


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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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