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: Rodentia
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 […]
Cute and harmless: Exotic rodents charm visitors in Selangor petting zoo this CNY
I was surprised to discover that there are capybaras in the zoo at Selangor for a couple reasons. First, I had to google Selangor (it’s one of the states in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What is a capybara?
Now that Dobby can no longer hound me about edits to his book, I am free to do with it what I like. So, I am going to rip chunks […]
Party Animal
Mudskipper ROUS is not known for her outgoing personality, and yet, she is the life of the party, if it’s at home, anyway. When I try to imagine having a […]
