Capybaras Everywhere
By Rhonda S.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
United States
October 8, 2021 12:43am CST
I love capybaras, I always think of them as gentle giants, but I'm not sure I would want them taking up a great amount of space in my neighborhood.
In a city in Argentina, they are everywhere. People are walking around and through them.
I think the worst part would be capy-poo everywhere.
About half way through the video is a baby that is so very cute.
Would you like to live is such close proximity with these large rodents.
https://pixabay.com/photos/capybara-rodent-mammal-wildlife-4466002/
COUNTLESS CAPYBARAS: People living in this community in Argentina have a lot of furry, four-legged neighbors. Local media reports hundreds of capybaras have ...
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
Yes, I can see why they should stay in the wild.
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@LadyDuck (471272)
• Switzerland
9 Oct 21
@misunderstood_zombie I think that some animals must stay in the wild.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
Squirrels are rodents too and they are cute--I just don't like rats. ugh!
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@Shavkat (139672)
• Philippines
9 Oct 21
@misunderstood_zombie If they are not dangerous to be petted, I would love to have one.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
I'm not sure, but they kind of look like them a little.
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@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Oct 21
So cute..they kind of look a bit like the prairie dogs around here.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
I can see that, but giant prairie dogs. 
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@jstory07 (139503)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Oct 21
@misunderstood_zombie Yes they are cute.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
8 Oct 21
In some South American countries capybaras are considered a food animal. (I can't remember if they eat them in Argentina but Venezuelans do eat them. The Vatican declared capybaras to be "fish" in Venezuela... 
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
9 Oct 21
@misunderstood_zombie Some people say that about lambs and kids, too. I'll eat those.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
Those are some big land animal fish. they are too cute to eat.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
@DaddyEvil That's funny because I do say that about lambs and kids, because they are so cute. I know it's dumb to think that way, but it's the way I think. As Popeye said I am what I am or something like that. 
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
8 Oct 21
We have a wildlife park near us which has a family of capybaras. They seem to be a gentle animal which would harm nobody (though they can be quite vicious, I believe, if need be). They are really nothing more than giant guinea pigs. Calling them rodents makes some people associate them with rats, though, of course, they are technically rodents. I don't know whether they produce neat, dry little pellets like rabbits and guinea pigs. That would certainly be preferable to the kind of poo that cows produce!
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
That is true that the word rodent sounds so vile. Hopefully, they leave little pellets.
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@snowy22315 (180366)
• United States
8 Oct 21
I think I have seen them in the zoo before.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
I would love to see one in person.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
I would love to see one, just maybe not in my neighborhood roaming around.
@allknowing (135934)
• India
9 Oct 21
@misunderstood_zombie If they are harmful they should be left in the forests.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
I would rather admire them from afar.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
I thought the same thing. No one seemed to care at all.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Oct 21
That would be cool. I guess they are hanging out with all the kangaroos.
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@zhangxueying (3340)
• China
9 Oct 21
We don't have the habit of eating it here, so we won't raise it
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