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In fact, capybaras are so good at making friends that entire Tumblrs exist solely to document their strong social game. Here they are, chillin' with an anteater Image: Tumblr
Capybaras are herbivores, grazing mainly on grasses and aquatic plants, [14] [24] as well as fruit and tree bark. [15] They are very selective feeders [25] and feed on the leaves of one species and disregard other species surrounding it. They eat a greater variety of plants during the dry season, as fewer plants are available.
Capybaras eat plants, including water plants like lake grasses and weeds, and love to swim so much they are widely considered to be semi-aquatic. They have webbed feet and can stay submerged for ...
Lesser capybaras are herbivores that mainly graze on grasses and other aquatic plants. However, during dry seasons when their main source of food is depleted, the lesser capybaras will tend to feed on reeds, grains, melons, and squash. On average, an adult will eat 6-8 lbs of this food per day. [5]
[8]: 7 Its specific name, yacare, comes from the word jacaré, which means "alligator" in Old Tupi and then assimilated into Portuguese. [ 6 ] The yacare caiman is one of three extant (living) species of the genus Caiman , the other two being the Spectacled caiman ( Caiman crocodilus ) and the Broad-snouted caiman ( Caiman latirostris ).
Myth #2: You should run in a zig-zag pattern to get away from one Many think that alligators can’t change directions quickly, but using the zig-zag pattern is not the way to go.
The article mentions fossil capybaras eight times bigger than the modern capybara, and links to a two popular press articles that use similar wording, but cite no sources. I suspect they're referring to recent finds of giant rodents like Phoberomys and Josephoartigasia , but those are dinomyids, not so closely related to capybaras.
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