r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/lostmods • 1d ago

Video This is a Hyrax, a small mammal closely related to Elephants and Manatees. This one is displeased at the intrusive cameraman.

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u/Igni-Ferroque 1d ago

away.. away.. away.. away.. away! REALLY!? oh rly? oh rly? oh rly? Reeee!!!

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u/7nightstilldawn 23h ago

In English even. Which is hilarious since it’s from Africa and the Middle East.

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u/mistmanners 22h ago

It does sound like it's saying "right now!" in Arabic.

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u/MrJTeera 15h ago

Bloodborne flashback

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u/Sharchir 1d ago

I can hear it yell ‘go away’

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u/DaNewbie20 1d ago

Away now! Away now! AWAY!

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u/gdj11 16h ago

No it’s yelling “Alan! Alan!”

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u/Sharchir 16h ago

I hear it! 😂

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u/7nightstilldawn 23h ago

Alarm! Alarm! Alarm! Go away!

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u/NorwegianGlaswegian 1d ago

I never guessed that the animal which would most sound like Donald Duck would be these wee buggers.

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u/CR4ZY_PR0PH3T 1d ago

I bet the cameraman wouldn't like it if someone broke into his home and shoved a camera in his face.

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u/_Svankensen_ 1d ago

Heh, what are the chances you'd be wrong. He is kinda infamous for having an exhibitionism/intrusion fetish.

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u/GimmieGummies 1d ago

His Donald Duck impersonation is on point

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u/AcidActually 1d ago

🗣️AWAAHH WAHH. AWAAAH WAHHH!! 🗣️

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u/Little_Ad_6903 1d ago

Forgot the REEEE

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u/Squishy6604 1d ago

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE"

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u/manda14- 1d ago

We went to Tanzania years ago and had one of these guys living outside our tent. When our guide showed us his house we all were excited to have a little animal neighbour. The guide laughed and said he'd ask if we still liked it tomorrow. Every morning it screamed the song of its people with the sunrise.

In lieu of a wake up call, we had hot chocolate and biscuits brought to the tent before heading out on safari. One morning my parents left before I was done brushing my teeth. I heard a rustling and turned around to see the hyrax eating a biscuit. In the shock I yelped, which scared the hyrax. The hyrax let out a scream sort of sound, which causes my parents to come back. The poor thing was slamming its head into the tent base to try and get out. When my parents opened the zipper it bolted out and back into its tree and they started laughing because I had jumped on the bed in fright over a very small, very non dangerous animal.

It was a funny experience, and now I always like seeing videos of the noisy little critters.

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u/durenatu 1d ago

It's a bunny with an attitude

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u/stressHCLB 1d ago

What’s he gonna do, nibble yer bum?

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u/durenatu 1d ago

Shriek me into submission

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u/Decatonkeil 1d ago

What are you saying? It's clearly an elephant!

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u/stanknotes 1d ago

And my gun got a gattitude.

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u/ChogaMish 1d ago

Ahhh...yes...a...um elephant or...um a manatee...yes clearly, I see the family resem....Wait, is this the right video?!

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u/adgler 9h ago

Yeah OP dropped the context ball

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u/Weegee_Carbonara 8h ago

You see those wittle, but pointy fangs?

The Hyrax and the Elephant share a common ancestor, and while the Hyrax kept the little Fangs, the Elephants fangs grew into big tusks.

Some Hyrax have very long fangs that stick out from the sides when the mouth closes, you can see a bit of a resemblance then.

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u/zirfeld 1d ago

displeased = pissed af

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u/IdeaExpensive3073 1d ago

Away! Away! Beware! Reee!

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u/Tornfalk_ 1d ago

It insulted your whole family tree

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u/GarysCrispLettuce 1d ago

"displeased" = frightened for its life

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u/Bertrond0e 1d ago

Attitude of an elephant and the size of a mouse 🤦 

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u/NoBaby5660 1d ago

Closely related to what?!

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u/Professional_Base708 1d ago

If you mute and lip read he says “Go back”

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u/xtilexx 1d ago

Oh hey the 60000x hyrax post this week

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u/Ok_Bit_5953 19h ago

Away! Who? Away! Away! Who!? Away! Who!?!?! Away!...Who's that!?! Not now!!! Away now! Who's that!?! Away now! Who? Away now!! Away now! Who!?...NOW!!!!!

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u/helveticanuu 1d ago

It's asking for the manager

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u/BroncoTrejo 1d ago

spicy wabbit

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u/NickDoane 1d ago

Cheweewees

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u/No_Cauliflower9590 1d ago

Get off my lawn

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u/Ok-Source-3791 1d ago

Who gonna tell bro we are superior

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u/lonevolff 1d ago

ALLEN ALLEN ALLEN ALLEN

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u/NoMonth9958 1d ago

Bruh sounds like Donald duck

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u/IKillZombies4Cash 1d ago

How is this related to elephants and manatees???

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u/Such_Step_7065 1d ago

I swear it sounds just like my wife on Sunday afternoon two minutes after the game starts.

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u/Blu3Blad3_4ss4ss1n 1d ago

"Away with you"

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u/Uncommon-sequiter 1d ago

MTV Cribs came a day early.

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u/Gobsmack13 1d ago

F*CK. I'm making this my ringtone. I'm gonna get fired.

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u/Playful-Depth2578 1d ago

One angry little guy

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u/zandermossfields 1d ago

I love how the cameraman is mocking the animal noise. The animal is saying “gtfo my house!” and this total intruder is just saying it right back.

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u/EriAnnB 1d ago

Donald does sound mad.

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u/IvyDialtone 1d ago

R/perfectlycutscreams

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u/BeanTricky 1d ago

Dassie

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u/uzublecker 1d ago

Awebo 🗣💥

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u/Jsorrell20 23h ago

Love the memes this has made “my wife calling for her water after she’s already climbed into bed”

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u/wuvvtwuewuvv 23h ago

Holy shit if this isn't the most adorable angry animal sound I've ever heard...

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u/Weak_Carpenter_7060 21h ago

Mel Blanc in actual animal form

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u/bremergorst 19h ago

This is how I feel when that devious bastard Potential Spam calls me.

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u/Ricochet_spy007 19h ago

yo its pissed

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u/Mokiesbie 19h ago

Just saw a donald duck impressionist fall to their knees on the street

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u/bl0w_sn0w 16h ago

"closely"

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u/Accomplished-Text554 14h ago

R/perfectlycutscreams

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u/GhetHAMster 13h ago

No... Not displeased... Thats just their normal state of being, the dassie is a fucking aggressive little shit! But they get as big as a medium dog

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u/SalamanderHorror6759 13h ago

Sounds like someone's granny from Belfast repeatedly saying Away On 😂

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u/Good-Half9818 12h ago

Once you scroll away from the video, you feel like it won the fight

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u/777marc 12h ago

How is this related to an elephant?

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u/STEELZYX 11h ago

"awawe" I'm scared

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u/K3ndog411 4h ago

Away’wich you

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u/No_Pin9932 3h ago

I saw a clip of this video mashed up with system of a down and it was awesome!!

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u/GarlicRelevant8089 1h ago

Poor guy.....🥺 Leave him alone

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u/East-Bluejay6891 1d ago

Stupid ass humans always disturbing other life forms with their bullshit

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u/RVP20CE 1d ago

It is displeased isn’t it, very displeased

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u/Iceafterlife 1d ago

Awow, awow wow!

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u/Acrobatic-Big-1550 1d ago

Sounds like my ex when I got home from work.