#hyrax — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hyrax, aggregated by home.social.
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CW: YT link - animal related
These little furballs seem to be able to express themselves quite eloquently in song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QWssWlEjs68&pp=ygUMSHlyYXggc2NyZWFt
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CW: YT link - animal related
These little furballs seem to be able to express themselves quite eloquently in song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QWssWlEjs68&pp=ygUMSHlyYXggc2NyZWFt
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I just drew a rock hyrax. 🙂
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I just drew a rock hyrax. 🙂
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This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
Vendefoul Wolf Linux (Devuan-based) rejects age verification:
https://xcancel.com/vendefoulwolf/status/2035441292520386852#m
(Never heard of this distro before, but it's always good to have some more options to go to, especially distros which reject most of the mainstream stuff which are more prone to age verification and other forms of corruption.)Qubes will do whatever upstream Fedora does (so likely comply):
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/10744#issuecomment-3997244349CachyOS also refuses compliance:
https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/age-verification-systemd/26316Garuda Linux plans to "comply" in the least invasive way possible, only with some checkboxes:
https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/a-statement-on-age-verification-the-state-of-the-community-discourse/47652Parrot will only comply if legally forced to, it's implementation will be easy to bypass:
https://parrotsec.org/blog/2026-04-02-our-statement-about-age-verification/
(I wonder what they mean under being forced. When they receive an email from the authorities, or what? 🤔)OpenMandriva won't implement age verification, but won't remove it from Systemd, stating it can be useful for other things:
https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/systemd-adds-age-verification-are-you-serious/8793/75?u=xseagdc
(The comment right below describes pretty well, what the problem is with this...)CuerdOS (Debian-based distro) rejects age verification:
https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fcuerdoslinux.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mikopwmbyk2rHyraxOS (Linux Mint-based distro) also refuses age verification:
https://hyraxos.weebly.com/age.htmlFluff Linux (Arch-based) also says no:
https://xcancel.com/flufflinux/status/2033885428030575025#mAnd Athena OS (Arch and NixOS-based ethical hacking distro) too:
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify/issues/42Debian Is Figuring Out How Age Verification Laws Will Impact It:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Undecided-Age-LawsFreeport project aims to strip Linux packages from age verification:
https://github.com/ryandward/freeport(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)
#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #AgeVerification #VendefoulWolf #Qubes #CachyOS #GarudaLinux #ParrotOS #OpenMandriva #CuerdOS #Hyrax #HyraxOS #FluffLinux #AthenaOS #Debian #Freeport #FosseryTech
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This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
Vendefoul Wolf Linux (Devuan-based) rejects age verification:
https://xcancel.com/vendefoulwolf/status/2035441292520386852#m
(Never heard of this distro before, but it's always good to have some more options to go to, especially distros which reject most of the mainstream stuff which are more prone to age verification and other forms of corruption.)Qubes will do whatever upstream Fedora does (so likely comply):
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/10744#issuecomment-3997244349CachyOS also refuses compliance:
https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/age-verification-systemd/26316Garuda Linux plans to "comply" in the least invasive way possible, only with some checkboxes:
https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/a-statement-on-age-verification-the-state-of-the-community-discourse/47652Parrot will only comply if legally forced to, it's implementation will be easy to bypass:
https://parrotsec.org/blog/2026-04-02-our-statement-about-age-verification/
(I wonder what they mean under being forced. When they receive an email from the authorities, or what? 🤔)OpenMandriva won't implement age verification, but won't remove it from Systemd, stating it can be useful for other things:
https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/systemd-adds-age-verification-are-you-serious/8793/75?u=xseagdc
(The comment right below describes pretty well, what the problem is with this...)CuerdOS (Debian-based distro) rejects age verification:
https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fcuerdoslinux.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mikopwmbyk2rHyraxOS (Linux Mint-based distro) also refuses age verification:
https://hyraxos.weebly.com/age.htmlFluff Linux (Arch-based) also says no:
https://xcancel.com/flufflinux/status/2033885428030575025#mAnd Athena OS (Arch and NixOS-based ethical hacking distro) too:
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify/issues/42Debian Is Figuring Out How Age Verification Laws Will Impact It:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Undecided-Age-LawsFreeport project aims to strip Linux packages from age verification:
https://github.com/ryandward/freeport(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)
#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #AgeVerification #VendefoulWolf #Qubes #CachyOS #GarudaLinux #ParrotOS #OpenMandriva #CuerdOS #Hyrax #HyraxOS #FluffLinux #AthenaOS #Debian #Freeport #FosseryTech
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Look at this @everyone #hyrax #CuteAnimals #animals :3
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Watch out, as Microsoft has uncovered a Storm-2561 campaign using SEO poisoning to push fake Fortinet and Ivanti VPN sites that deliver #Hyrax infostealer malware.
Read: https://hackread.com/storm-2561-fake-fortinet-ivanti-vpn-sites-hyrax-infostealer/
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Watch out, as Microsoft has uncovered a Storm-2561 campaign using SEO poisoning to push fake Fortinet and Ivanti VPN sites that deliver #Hyrax infostealer malware.
Read: https://hackread.com/storm-2561-fake-fortinet-ivanti-vpn-sites-hyrax-infostealer/
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January 2026 Sticker Club Design: Hyrax!
https://ko-fi.com/s/2a3bcc3b30
Just a lil sticker to convey that they're trendy animals on the social media, but please don't steal wild animals from their environment to keep as pets!
Will be printing and cutting these soon to mail out in early February, snowstorm is cutting into my schedule 👍
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January 2026 Sticker Club Design: Hyrax!
https://ko-fi.com/s/2a3bcc3b30
Just a lil sticker to convey that they're trendy animals on the social media, but please don't steal wild animals from their environment to keep as pets!
Will be printing and cutting these soon to mail out in early February, snowstorm is cutting into my schedule 👍
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Working on a hyrax design for sticker club during the snow storm. Felt very strongly against people wanting to poach wild animals cuz they see them "trending" and being prodded to make noises on social media... DO NOT MAKE ME INTO A PET!!!
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Working on a hyrax design for sticker club during the snow storm. Felt very strongly against people wanting to poach wild animals cuz they see them "trending" and being prodded to make noises on social media... DO NOT MAKE ME INTO A PET!!!
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Though it may look like a close relative of rabbits or mice, the bush hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is actually more closely related to manatees and elephants! All three animals are members of the clade Paenungulata. And just as in elephants, the hyrax’s front incisors grow continuously to form tusks. Unlike its larger cousins, this small mammal only weighs about 10 lbs (4.5 kg).
Photo: Mike G. Rutherford, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
via amnhnyc
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Though it may look like a close relative of rabbits or mice, the bush hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is actually more closely related to manatees and elephants! All three animals are members of the clade Paenungulata. And just as in elephants, the hyrax’s front incisors grow continuously to form tusks. Unlike its larger cousins, this small mammal only weighs about 10 lbs (4.5 kg).
Photo: Mike G. Rutherford, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
via amnhnyc
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This looks IgNobel worthy. 🙂
"A recent study described something no one had ever found before: a 126,000-year-old fossilized butt-drag.
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It’s funny, but it’s also profound. Because that drag line, etched into stone, tells a story about memory, behavior, and the way even the smallest creatures leave their mark on Earth."https://climateages.com/the-126000-year-old-butt-drag-that-rewrote-what-counts-as-a-fossil/
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This looks IgNobel worthy. 🙂
"A recent study described something no one had ever found before: a 126,000-year-old fossilized butt-drag.
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It’s funny, but it’s also profound. Because that drag line, etched into stone, tells a story about memory, behavior, and the way even the smallest creatures leave their mark on Earth."https://climateages.com/the-126000-year-old-butt-drag-that-rewrote-what-counts-as-a-fossil/
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A hyrax necromancer I drew a bit ago yet forgor to upload(at least it seems fitting for the season?)
#gaertan #illustration #artwork #krita #furry #anthro #necromancer #fantasy #daggerheart #dnd #pathfinder #hyrax #rodent
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A hyrax necromancer I drew a bit ago yet forgor to upload(at least it seems fitting for the season?)
#gaertan #illustration #artwork #krita #furry #anthro #necromancer #fantasy #daggerheart #dnd #pathfinder #hyrax #rodent
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Chaneque video unmasked
In March 2025, several paranormal themed sites, including Phantoms and Monsters and Coast to Coast AM, as well as many other accounts, posted a video of what seemed to be a weird, angry creature holed up underground with a camera in its face. The video was also mentioned on episode #106 of The Cryptid Factor. The creature was said to be a Mexican goblin-type thing called the chaneque, a figure with large eyes, wrinkled skin and pointed ears. But the most interesting thing about the viral clip is the sound, with the being emitting sounds suggesting that it was really pissed at being disturbed, squawking “Away, Away”.
I mentioned this video in my Pop Cryptid Spectator 11, where I discussed the plethora of manipulated and manufactured videos online portraying extreme cryptids. While these are obvious fakes, they tap into local cultural beliefs, as this chaneque video did. You can go to that post to see the original video.
Anyone using a modicum of critical thinking could see that the sound did not match the video, and that no creature that looks like this actually exists.
Today I was scrolling TikTok and getting my usual feed of animals that make strange sounds and there was the answer to this chaneque video. It’s a rock hyrax.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0pxwNmhPQZk
Rock hyraxes are from the north African and Middle east desert areas, not Mexico. This video, called the “WAWA” video showed up in feeds in November 2024. It was the one used by the hoaxer several months later to make the faked chaneque video.
Hyraxes are very vocal and make extraordinary sounds, and the “wawa” or “mama” vocalization indicated they are anxious.
The above hyrax video is real, there are no signs that it is anything other than what is presented. Even though I can’t find the exact origin of it, there is ample evidence supporting the interpretation that this is a real hyrax and they are known to make this sound.
I’m not sure if anyone in the comments to the original Chaneque video connecting this to a hyrax, but that’s not a long shot. It’s very possible that I missed an earlier reveal because I have better things to do than follow the wave of spooky content.
What probably isn’t happening is the paranormal clickbait websites posting a retraction or explanation. They never do. This is why the internet is ever more overrun with garbage that people accept as real. So, for whatever good this debunk may do, I was compelled to share the solution to this mystery because hyraxes are so awesome.
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Chaneque video unmaskedIn March 2025, several paranormal themed sites, including Phantoms and Monsters and Coast to Coast AM, as well as many other accounts, posted a video of what seemed to be a weird, angry creature holed up underground with a camera in its face. The video was also mentioned on episode 106 of The Cryptid Factor. The creature was said to be a Mexican goblin-type thing called the chaneque, a figure with large eyes, wrinkled skin and pointed ears. But the most interesting thing about the viral clip is the sound, with the being emitting sounds suggesting that it was really pissed at being disturbed, squawking “Away, Away”.
I mentioned this video in my Pop Cryptid Spectator 11, where I discussed the plethora of manipulated and manufactured videos online portraying extreme cryptids. While these are obvious fakes, they tap into local cultural beliefs, as this chaneque video did. You can go to that post to see the original video.
Anyone using a modicum of critical thinking could see that the sound did not match the video, and that no creature that looks like this actually exists.
Today I was scrolling TikTok and getting my usual feed of animals that make strange sounds and there was the answer to this chaneque video. It’s a rock hyrax.
Edit 26-Dec 2025: The original video linked in this post was removed. This is the same video hosted by another channel.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZvcPBnZGntI
Rock hyrax are from the north African and Middle east desert areas, not Mexico. This video, called the “WAWA” video showed up on Instagram (apparently) in November 2024. It was the one used by the hoaxer several months later to make the faked chaneque video.
Hyrax are very vocal and make extraordinary sounds, and the “wawa” or “mama” vocalization indicates they are anxious.
The above hyrax video is real, there are no signs that it is anything other than what is presented. Even though I can’t find the exact origin of it, there is ample evidence supporting the interpretation that this is a real hyrax and they are known to make this sound.
I’m not sure if anyone in the comments to the original chaneque video connects this to a hyrax video, but that’s not a long shot. It’s very possible that I missed an earlier reveal because I have better things to do than follow the comments on the wave of spooky content.
What probably isn’t happening is the paranormal clickbait websites posting a retraction or explanation. They never do. This is why the internet is ever more overrun with garbage that people accept as real. So, for whatever good this debunk may do, I was compelled to share the solution to this mystery because hyrax are so awesome.
#AIVideo #chaneque #hyrax #MexicanGoblin #mysteriousCreature #Veracruz https://sharonahill.com/?p=9816 -
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no, no, check out how squimpch these babies are
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no, no, check out how squimpch these babies are
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Found the answer!
It's an #elephant 🐘 !!! Well almost...The correct answer wars*: #Dassie <3
As you can CLEAAARLY see they are "... most closely related to the elephant."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_hyrax*... as in #starWARS
#ProcaviaCapensis #klipdassie #rockhyrax #hyrax #rockrabbit #coney #humor #joke #fun #funny #animals #cute #wildlife
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Found the answer!
It's an #elephant 🐘 !!! Well almost...The correct answer wars*: #Dassie <3
As you can CLEAAARLY see they are "... most closely related to the elephant."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_hyrax*... as in #starWARS
#ProcaviaCapensis #klipdassie #rockhyrax #hyrax #rockrabbit #coney #humor #joke #fun #funny #animals #cute #wildlife
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I just found out about Hyraxes. Very cute animal
Image 1: By Prosthetic Head - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47036228
Image 2: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
Image 3: © Hans Hillewaert -
I just found out about Hyraxes. Very cute animal
Image 1: By Prosthetic Head - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47036228
Image 2: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
Image 3: © Hans Hillewaert
