Thursday, 5 May 2011

Show-Stealing Critter Poses With Tourists At Table Mountain


It may have got in the way of this tourists' photo, but at least this little creature was polite enough to show its best smile for the camera. The rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) popped into view just as Briton Nadine Dougherty posed with her Spanish friend Laura Molina on top of Table Mountain in South Africa.

Guido Del Solar, who took the picture, said: I was taking the picture and suddenly this animal appeared right in front of the camera just as I pressed down on the button. I thought it would keep in running past but it stopped and looked at the camera.

4 comment(s):

Anonymous said...

Grandpa?

Ima said...

I love animal photobombs.

rhyme said...

I call BS. The angle and position of the photo makes no sense if it wasn't planned to include the animal.

RS said...

rhyme: you, sir, are a fool. I live in Cape Town, and dassies do this all the time on the mountain. They're so used to people, and so greedy for food, that they will stop and sniff anything and anyone. Great picture, guys!