Altered Amazon: Dramatic Changes Threaten Brazilian Tribes: Op-Ed | LiveScience
Maybe having a pet capybara isn’t such an original idea after all! Here’s a link to a short article about the loss of Brazilian rainforest during the past 10 years: […]
Category Archives: Dobby News
Could be anything!
Not Jack This Time!
There is a capybara roaming free in England, but this time it isn’t Jack! This one is in a different area, by my fuzzy reckoning, but it is interesting that […]
Sustainable Ranching: Where Cows and Capybara Roam | LiveScience
This is a very interesting article about the Pantanel, a gigantic wetland in Brazil that is teeming with capybaras! Follow the link below to read the article. Sustainable Ranching: Where […]
Why Weight? (Fail)
When Melanie introduced the Why Weight* program, she asked me to get some photos of Dobby on his scale to promote the program. “Oh, sure,” I replied,”I can do that!” […]
Dobbye’s Diary – Issue Number One
*drumroll* We are pleased to announce the publication of our first newsletter! It isn’t a book, it isn’t even a magazine. But it’s FREE! Forward it, post it, print it […]
Buffalo-size rodent fossils stir scientists | SFGate
I love Dobbye, but a buffalo-sized Dobbye would be quite intimidating. The diagram is interesting, because it shows a “6-foot-tall human” towering over what is described in the title of […]
Super Capy goes to Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo
Zihuatanejo is a cute little fishing village in Mexico. Ixtapa is the resort town next door. Zihuatanejo has kept much of its original charm because the hustle and bustle of […]
Measure Yourself by the Standard of the Capybara | Roots of Unity, Scientific American Blog Network
Odd but somehow satisfying article wherein capybaras are correctly acknowledged to be the center of the universe. It also includes a poem that would be fabulous but for the references […]
Introducing Wesley and Fiona | Capybara Madness
Melanie has located not one, but TWO surrogate pet capybaras! Wesley and Fiona live in New Braunfels, Texas, at The Snake Farm! Don’t worry, there aren’t any Anacondas there. At […]
Gari Goes to the Dentist
In December of 2013, I flew to Austin again. We actually did have some time to visit and get reacquainted before we ventured out to Texas A&M, but the focus […]
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