When cuddles come with a view…It’s the timeline cleanser you didn’t ask for but definitely needed!
Cape Town, South Africa (24 March 2026) – If your heart needs some warming today, this is the medicine.
Dassies are part of the furniture on Table Mountain. They might look like small rabbits without ears, but don’t let their tiny size fool you! They’ve got the biggest personalities.
Also called ‘rock hyraxes’ and affectionately known as little potatoes, they live on the Mother City’s most popular mountain – its rocky nooks and crannies make the perfect hiding spot from the villain in their story, the Black Eagle.
But not these two dassies, and not today. These two potatoes chose good views and cosy cuddles without a worry in mind.
The video, uploaded to social media by Table Mountain Experience, has racked up almost 200,000 views for its cuteness!
Dassies live in colonies of up to 80 animals, and have become somewhat used to the presence of humans along their Table Mountain turf. Some of the older individuals have become tame due to long exposure and needless feeding, our sources state.
If you do ever cross paths with a dassie on a trail, it’s wiser not to feed them. Their food sources of flowers, bulbs, roots, grass and sometimes insects and grubs are in ample supply on the mountain.
Interestingly, these little potatoes work together to avoid danger.
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While the majority enjoy their time sun-bathing, others, called sentries, keep watch for Black Eagles. Eagles attack from the direction of the sun, using the bright light to avoid detection. But evolution accounted for this, and gave dassies a unique membrane that coats their eyes and shields their pupils against the sun, allowing them to pre-empt danger.
But these two definitely aren’t sentries on the watch. They’re living the soft life, while the knights are on guard somewhere nearby.
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