As I was putting together my presentation about capybara for tonight, I found some awesome pictures and great fun facts. Here are just a few:
Capybara will eat their own feces to extract more nutrients as the grasses they eat pass through their digestive system a second time.
The young can be raised by other females in the pack, a phenomenon known as alloparenting.
The capybara is the world's largest rodent. The heaviest known capybara weighed in at 200 pounds!
Capybara have slightly webbed feet, which helps with swimming and walking in mud. Their hind legs are slightly longer than their forelegs.
-Palani
That's awesome! What a weird and cool animal. I had no idea that they could hold their breath for that long in the water. It makes me wonder if they eat fish or any other kind of aquatic life since they are so well adapted to the water.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say that I absolutely loved your presentation and was really excited to learn about the capybara. I had never even heard of it before and had no idea it was in the picture that Dr. Bob used for the BOSP website. Such a cool animal and excited to see this "rodent of unusual size!"
ReplyDeleteI hope we run into Bubba when we go to the Pantanal.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to know why their meat is allowed by the Catholic Church during Lent, especially considering the fact that capybaras eat their own feces.