Reading #MaryDouglas Purity and Danger (1966), as you do, and have got to the bit on dietary exclusions in the Old Testament. When I reach the animal #hyrax I realise I have no idea about their distribution, #ecology, place in human culture, and start ecosiaing. They are hervivorous -- and cute! They huddle (poor theormoregulation) and in evolutionary terms they are connected to elephants, mastodons and seacows. They even have tiny tusks. Let's celebrate hyraxes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrax