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My birthday bash is July 11! My birthday is coming up! I am going to be two on July 10th. I will have a public party on Saturday, July 11th from 10 – noon at Garrison Park on Manchaca Rd. in South Austin. Look around and you’ll find us. I’ll be the only capybara there. […]

A new friend (and excellent author), Jeff VanderMeer, recently asked me if I would pose in a photo for a friend of his who (naturally) loves capybaras and had an upcoming birthday. Being so incredibly photogenic, I obliged. She’s written a blog post about it. I’m happy that I can do good around the

“From late July, visitors to a zoo in Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture, will be able to see capybaras swimming–the first time the animals will go on display in such a way in Japan.” Here’s a video of a capybara viewing tank at the BioDome in Nagasaki, Japan.

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Have you ever wondered what makes an animal a pet? I’ve been asking myself that a lot lately. Here’s what happened. A few weeks ago–or maybe a couple of months, doesn’t matter–I had a conversation with one of the wild rats (I think they are marsh rice rats) that live around the house. “It is [

You can’t believe the tension at my house this past week. My owner’s book, Celeste and the Giant Hamster, is out on amazon.com and people and animals are starting to read it. Since the capybara in the book isn’t really me, I didn’t think I would care much but I’ve gotten all wrapped up in […]