I know a little about a lot. That suits my shallow mind and persona. I lack commitment to anything and I've never acquired great knowledge about anything specific. What is this nonsense word Phyllis and Kosov are saying. Something like seeing a keyring that cost $20 and has a cappy burrow hanging off it? There is a big language problem, on my part because I did not know the name of the world's largest rodent, the capybara.
Now I do know about the capybara, as Phyllis showed me some YouTube clips, and I found my own clips, and how cool are capybaras. This photo gives you an idea of their size.
I am sure most of you know about capybaras and wonder what this blog post is about. Well, I simply didn't know about them.
They adore being in water.
The Brazilian natives seem like they might make a good house pet, albeit a bit of a weighty one.
It seems most Australian zoos have capybaras.
A quick explainer.
And this appeared on the bench yesterday. It's squishy.
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I learned something new !! I had never heard, read or seen capybaras ! Not even in the Zoos. They are real cute and seem to be a very friendly animal. Nothing for you ??
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DeleteI have also never heard of them and had never seen a photo. Pets are wonderful, but they have to be able to run along the beach with you.
Ingrid, I think they are great.
DeleteHels, they would run along the beach with you, but probably keep going in the water.
I didn't know capybaras enjoyed water so much. They're sweet - like oversized guinea pigs.
ReplyDeleteThat's a perfect description JB.
DeleteThey look a bit like our nutria, but nutria are not friendly and have huge yellow hollow front teeth and will bite. Capybaras look a big like a mini hippo pig cross I think.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, Strayer. I think you mentioned nutria before and I looked them up. Everyone seems to have there own similar animal likeness.
DeleteCapybara seem to become everyone's favourite once we hear of them.
ReplyDeleteThey do indeed Kylie.
DeleteDavid Attenborough used to talk endlessly about them, the keppybawa as he presented it.
ReplyDeleteBoud, I've watched a lot of Attenborough programs but I must have missed these ones. I can imagine his voice describing them.
DeleteThe capybara is a delicious creature - excellent in curries. Plenty of meat on them.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about that YP. They look like they would be rather tough meat to me.
DeleteYou really never heard of capybaras?! There used to be a herd of them in Melbourne zoo when I was a kid; I still have the photos. They’re very popular in Japan, one because they’re cute and two because they enjoy baths. Most zoos in Japan that have capybaras have baths for them to enjoy in winter. Bunyip
ReplyDeleteNo Bunyip. It might have just gone over my head and I forgot about them. Water seems essential for kept capybaras. I can imagine them sitting in hot pools along with snow monkeys.
DeleteThis post made me smile. I love watching them on you tube. When I lived in the hills we used to get a huge Koala knocking on our back door .Kensington Gardens Reserve near where I live now is one of their local habitats . We have had a koala walk along our street to get to the local reserve and sometimes they are in the street trees .
ReplyDeleteThat's funny about the knocking koala. The koala walk on Raymond Island that I took last year was very forthcoming, if you remember the clip of the male koala being very agressive about having 'some fun'.
DeleteThey are so popular in Taiwan. I saw them everywhere in aquarium and wild life centres.
ReplyDeleteRoentare, they seem to be quite climate adaptable too.
DeleteNope I have never heard of them, and I like to think I have a good general knowledge, definitely superficial though.
ReplyDeleteWe are at one on that, J.
DeleteI knew about them, but not that they got so big. They look like giant hamsters.
ReplyDeleteKirk, I think guineapig, if that is the same as a hamster.
DeleteI have known about them for a long time but, sad to say, only saw one live specimen at a fair looking miserable caged in humid weather with no available water. :( The so-called attraction touted us to see The Largest Rodent in the World, which is accurate to my limited knowledge. Heh... That squishy toy looks adorable, by the way. Be well!
ReplyDeleteAs they are from Brazil, Darla, humidity may not be a problem, but a lack of water certainly is. I hope the world has appropriate enclosures for them now.
DeleteI've got to say that you should be counting your many blessings, Andrewwwwww! What on earth would you do if you came home and found the boys holding a live one on their laps in your livingroom like the woman in the picture?
ReplyDeleteThe boys are keeping you up to date, aren't they?
Oh god Debby. Phyllis would if he could, until he became bored with it.
DeleteOh yes, I am constantly on my toes with the pair of them.
I’m the same as you…..never heard of them!
ReplyDeleteCathy, how can we have reached our respective ages and not know about them.
DeleteYour first three sentences describe me perfectly. I do know what a capybara is though, I've seen them here at the zoo. I like the little squishy toy.
ReplyDeleteRiver, I am sure I must have seen them at the zoo too, but they just went unnoticed by me.
DeleteI've seen capybaras in zoos only. They seem like gentle creatures and remind me of beavers
ReplyDeletePixie, they are beaver like, but I don't think beavers are very friendly.
DeleteI've no doubt seen them in a video online as they look familiar but other than that I've never heard of them.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, I expect we just put them into the brain space for all strange animals.
DeleteYou say you "lack commitment to anything". I don't think so, since you are quite committed to blogging. It does take some effort to put up posts.
ReplyDeleteNo one knows everything of everything. Knowing a little about a lot, is as good as knowing everything of something.
Thanks for introducing me to capybara. Hadn't heard about it before. That video is good.
Pradeep, it pays to undersell yourself, is all I can say. My lads from Chennai are obsessed with them at the moment.
DeleteI'd take that last capybara myself, but the real ones are way too big!
ReplyDeleteBob, I've never heard you say way too big before.
DeleteWombats are cuter.
ReplyDeleteThey are TP, but much more challenging.
DeleteIn 2016 two of them escaped from the small kid's zoo in High Park ( a large park in downtown Toronto). They wandered around for a few weeks before being recaptured but in the meantime they became media stars here with cartoons and memes everywhere. They were fine and healthy when taken into custody. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a hoot, Pat
DeleteConsider me now educated on these very large rats. Jesus, Mary and Joseph as my granny liked to say.
ReplyDeleteXO
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WWW, was that followed by, 'There goes the ghost of me'?
DeleteI want one ! Truly
ReplyDeleteJohn, your affectionate lot would love a capybara for company. It could swim in the restored village pond.
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