APOPO Hero Rats
Rodent enthusiasts have been reading about these rats for a long time. They are trained to sniff out land mines, and their flawless sniffers and light weight mean that they […]
Category Archives: Dobby News
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Year of the Rat
We’re celebrating Year of the Rat by expanding our horizons! Who is we? That would be me, Stacy Winnick, and Cody Kennedy. Cody’s capybara, JoeJoe was one of the best […]
Prince Dobalob Builds a Zeppelin (Part Three)
I’m not mixed up. “Prince Dobalob Rides Around on Segways” wasn’t as fetching a title, even though he does a fair amount of riding around on them. And I’m nearly […]
Where Do Capybaras Live?
The simple answer is that capybaras live in South America. (No, they don’t come from Australia.) They range from eastern Panama, where the Lesser Capybaras live, and into Argentina in […]
The High Park Capybaras
The High Park capybaras in Toronto became famous a few years back after they went walkabout. They were recaptured, of course, and have since settled down in domestic bliss. Toronto […]
How is a capybara like a sheep?
There are so many inherent problems with finding a replacement for Dobby the capybara, that for months after his death I was bewildered. I knew that it would be unfair […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dobby the Capybara Grows Up
I watched Dobby grow from bunny size to mastiff over ten years. Those of you who visited here (90 visitors in 2018 alone!) understand how enormous these animals are. None […]
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 […]
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