How Not to Care for a Pet Capybara
Here we have yet another misleading article about pet capybaras. There is much to learn about keeping massive rodents as pets because only a handful have tried it and few […]
Category Archives: Capybaras in the News
The tender story of a capybara raised between dogs
The original article is in Spanish, but the story, photos, and videos are so cute I had to pass it along. I used Google Translate to make sense out of […]
Capybara where. Capybaras – large capybaras | marichi-moda
Just when I think I’ve seen everything, a wacky post like this comes up. This website is Russian, I think, and translated fairly well from that language (It’s not like […]
Social Distortion: Media Doesn’t Always Reflect Reality of Life With Exotic Pets
Not much is written about the suitability of capybaras as pets, and most of what is out there is a bunch of baloney. Linda Lombardi knows what she’s talking about. […]
Big Teeth, Bigger Dental Bills
If you are reading this blog post, then you probably already know that capybaras are the world’s largest rodent. Most of you know that rodent teeth keep growing, and that’s […]
Runaway High Park Capybaras
No, they didn’t run away again. A Toronto-area friend of Dobby’s visited them and recently sent photos of the High Park capybaras with the babies. I started thinking about the […]
Capybaras Don’t Like Snow
The temperatures dipped below 12f degrees (-11c) for two nights and then 15f. Tonight is a balmy 28f, but the snow is supposed to start again tomorrow, before the big […]
Capybaras in New Zealand?
New Zealand suddenly has capybaras! It’s quite a few more than they were expecting, seven is a huge first litter! It’s a brief article with a bunch of adorable photos. […]
Surprise capybara twins!
Can you imagine the expression on the zookeeper’s face when those baby capybaras proudly sauntered out that first morning? Because baby animals always seem to be so proud: “We’re capybaras! […]
