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Animals of the Rain Forest: Capybaras by Alexandria Manera Steadwell Books This is one of a series of Animals of the Rain Forest books. Book Type: Non-fiction, quick overview Ages: 6-8 Synopsis: This book has 32 pages of large type that include the following chapters: Range Map of Capybaras Quick Lo

There aren’t many of us pet capybaras in the world, at least not ones that live in the house and the yard with our owners. But for those humans who have experienced the love of a capybara, there is nothing like it. And that is why it is especially sad when one of us dies. […]

I am dreaming when something wakes me up and I bark. I don’t bark very often, mostly when I’m startled or excited. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h23Zn-lso0o[/youtube]

Capyboppy written and illustrated by Bill Peet Book type: picture book Ages : all ages but probably intended for 5-8 Synopsis: This book tells the story of a pet capybara named Capyboppy that was kept by the Peet family during the 1960s. The story starts with teenage Bill Jr. getting a juvenile capy

I recently saw this photo of the “Giant Rat” at Coney Island, NY. I was not surprised that the “Giant Rat” was actually a capybara, it always is, and, after all, my parents are carnies. What I am surprised at is that it is a BABY capybara. And look at how it is being kept. [&

My twitter friend, @Kotaro took these photos at the Nagasaki Bio Park last February. This bio-park is one of the best places to see capybaras in the world. You get to go in with them and pet them and put Kapibara-san toys on their heads.

Remember my owner’s pledge to donate $5 to the San Antonio Zoo capybaras for every copy of Celeste and the Giant Hamster sold during my birthday week? Well, thanks to all of you readers, we were able to adopt a capybara at the “Senior Keeper” level. My owner put the adoption in my name.

I recently did an interview with Amanda Newman-Warr of the Best Of Texas website. One thing I like about Amanda is that she wanted to interview me and not my owner. Of the two of us, I am by far the more interesting. My owner is one of almost 7 billion after all. I’m pretty […]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE2COQU9axs[/youtube] Caplin Rous, a 2-year-old capybara, enjoys a good long scratch. This video show how capybaras puff up their fur when they are happy. It also captures some of his noises. The main noise is “I’m happy but I want something.” Our

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nryzfnv-i7c&feature=channel_page[/youtube] Caplin Rous, a 2-year-old capybara, plays in the water with his owner.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU5B-QuOrZU&feature=channel_page[/youtube] Caplin Rous, a 2-year-old capybara, makes some noises including his famous Geiger counter happy noise.

My owner and I are in Jeff VanderMeer’s debt AGAIN! Seriously, if he hadn’t had that dream about a capybara, I don’t know where we’d be now. Well, okay, we’d be just where we are but not nearly so many people would know it. So here’s a link to Jeff’s appearence on Sofanauts, a Science […]