Southern Tree Hyrax

Boundary Hill Lodge, Tarangire Conservation Area
October 2014

This is an awesome shot! I guess that's why they are called tree hyraxes.

I could have got better if I had stayed longer. They climbed onto my balcony from the neighbouring trees, but bolted as soon as I opened the door.

It looks ridiculously awkward among those tiny branches, it doesn't seem like a particularly sensible place to look for food

See that little tuft of greenery just behind it? Theres a reason why those are the only leaves on that shrub - the others have all been eaten!