Betcha never saw one of these kept as a pet before. The capybara, whose closest relative is the guinea pig, is the world’s largest living rodent. It can grow to four feet long and weight anywhere from 60 to 170 pounds, depending on its sex.
In the Amazon rain forest, the capybara is usually dinner, although some of the native people sometimes keep them as pets. As long as you don’t eat your pet, I guess it’s all right.
Rodents are smart and adaptable, so, if you’ve got the room for it, there’s no reason a capybara wouldn’t make a suitable pet. Just don’t expect to be able to walk into Pet Smart and buy one.
Ha, never saw as a pet? I never saw a capybara anywhere! God’s creatures are so amazing, how can ANYONE believe that we and capybara ‘evolved’ from the same life cell!
I guess you haven’t spent a lot of time on the Amazon.
That’s a new one on me. Other than some nature documentaries, I’ve never seen a Capybara before. It looks like the dogs and it get along, but it looks like they don’t really understand one another very well.