Capybara
Capybara
The capybara is the world's largest rodent. They are about the size of a St. Bernard dog. They are highly social animals and are usually found in groups of 10-20. Capybaras are native to South America. I took this photo at the Brevard Zoo in Viera, Florida.
| Category | animalphotography |
| Settings | f/5.6 1/250 sec 300.0 mm ISO 3200 |
| Camera | Canon 60D |
| Lens | Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM |
| Location | Viera, Florida |
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I lived in S. America for about 2 and 1/2 years back in the late nineties. I was in Guyana and Suriname. While in Suriname, we were business partners with a gentleman who, among many many other things, had a "wild game" restaurant.
So we would dine there on a regular basis. One night in particular, he was over-the-moon excited about the nightly special that he kept adamantly referring to as "rabbit". Well, I adore rabbit so I ate until I couldn't see straight.
A few weeks later we are deep in the jungle when some of the "rabbits" starting running across of trail in front of us. He started screaming at me, "rabbit, rabbit" and I went green around the gills...lol I had never seen a capybara and to me they looked like giant sewer rats! Needless to say I ate them many more times while down there(you would be surprised what you will eat when you are stuck in the jungle and hungry!)
That's a great story @papacrusher! Do they taste like rabbit?
They actually do!
Great story @papacrusher!!
Did not realize that they are that big (thank goodness you have given a good descriptive example that I can relate to) @rwedegis
They look interesting, nice photography of him sitting there looking untroubled by the world around.
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Thank you for your comments! Yes, this one was well cared for in the zoo.
I'm shocked by the size of a capybara...Thanks for the photo!
Thank you for your comments! They are pretty big for rodents!
It looks like the animals is posing for the picture :)
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I saw capybaru only in the zoo. A beautiful animal, but I would not keep it at home))
Yes, this one was at the zoo too!
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I haven't seen it before!)) Thanks for sharing!
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Wow. I hadn't known this animal existed!!
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At any rate, it's an amazing capture, Roger!
And it tastes like rabbit! LOL! Thank you for your comments Traci!
LOL! And you're very welcome!
Great photo, he looks angry in it :D Cute angry, like he is saying "Human, leave me alone" :)
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