Ahh dassies. Some cool facts (at least I think they're facts, I got told this as a child so I could be wrong):

• Their closest living relative is the elephant.
• They struggle with regulating their body temperature, you can see them sunbathing on rocks and cliffsides at times, even cuddling together if it's really cold.
• They fall prey to eagles quite often, in fact the Verreaux's Eagle has evolved specifically to hunt dassies, and it is very proficient at this.