Though it looks more like your pet guinea pig, experts believe the hyrax gets its origins from a much larger animal–the elephant.

Though it is said to be the elephant’s nearest living relative, the hyrax is placed in a separate order (Hyracoidea). It is called the elephant’s closest relative because it has similarities in some bones.

The hyrax, also called a rock rabbit, is a small furry mammal. They have four stumpy toes on each front foot and three on each back foot. The longer, clawlike nails on the inside toes of the back feet are used for grooming and scratching.

The bottoms of the feet have a rubber-like texture for climbing steep rocks and trees.

Hey Kidsters! It’s Mom’s Day today. Still don’t know what to give her? You don’t really have to break the piggy bank to make your mom, mama, nanay or inay happy. Here are a few tips to give you an idea:

1. Wake your mom with a kiss. Mother’s Day happens just once a year. It’s not a big favor to wake up so early in the morning to give your mom a morning kiss with a “Happy Mother’s Day” greeting.

2. Set the table for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Cooking unsupervised is dangerous for kids like you. So instead of cooking food for your mom, you can simply set up your dining table. Put some art in it, like having a flower at the center of the table. You can also wash the dishes after eating. Read the rest…

Mother’s Day was actually a revival of an ancient Greek practice. The ancient Greeks dedicated their annual spring festival to Rhea, the wife of Cronus and mother of various deities.

Early Christians celebrated the festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent in honor of the Virgin Mary. In England, an ecclesiastical order decreed the dedication as Mothering Sunday.

The event was not celebrated nationally in the United States until Julia Ward Howe suggested Mother’s Day in 1872.