Su Duñğızı
Do you remember when I hurt my paw way back January? If not you can read Oh! My Aching Paw! Well, at that time we had a special offer of a Super Capy with a paw bandage just like mine. Here is the story of one of those intrepid Super Capys. It is truly amazing. And, in case you don’t know where Tartarstan is (I didn’t!), I’m including a map.
Where in the world is Tatarstan?
A message from Tatar Super Capy (as transcribed by Rawil Fakhrullin):
Once I was an ordinary Super Capy (if such a thing as Super Capy can be ordinary). Since then, I relocated to Kazan, the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan and now I am the world’s first and so far only Tatar Super Capy! My name is Su Duñğızı (pronounced as Soo Doong ge ze), which means “water pig” in Tatar language (here they call capybaras both “capybara” and “water pig”). I really love my new country and enjoy staying here. Very soon I will send you some new pictures of myself taken at the local iconic places. There are no any other Super Capys or regular capybaras here, however there are many local nice large rodents, such beavers, groundhogs, muskrats and, of course, European red squirrels, so I feel myself at home and act as a Super Capy ambassador in Kazan.
Here I enclose a set of my pictures where I pose wearing a traditional Super Capy-sized Tatar bead-embroidered cap and a green-white-red band symbolizing the banner of Tatarstan. I am sitting on a traditional Tatar rug, which is very suitable bedding for Super Capys.
Tatar Super Capy
More images of Su Duñğızı
Wow! I am so impressed. Su Duñgız really knows how to rock that cap! And the little rug does look perfect for him. I am supposed to be teaching the world about capybaras, but the world is also teaching me many things!
Too Too cute..it is amazing
Aw! He looks adorable! Love his costume, and nice to know where Tartarstan is 🙂
привет брату!
I am jealous of Super Capy! He gets to go to such exotic places 🙂
What a smart cap! I bet Gari would like one of those! 😉
How nice to be in touch with a far away Super Capy too! 🙂
Dear Garri,
If you really like this cap, please, let me know and one day we will post a similar one to you. The only thing which concerns me is how to correlate the US Capybara head size to ones we use here 🙂
This is a REALLY great story! Su Duñgız looks very stylish in his traditional costume!
Räxmät (I hope this means “thank you”) for posting this story!
Dear Stephanie, sezgä dä räxmät! (which means – thank you, too!)
Very very cool! Thank you Tatar Super Capy.
сǝлям су дуңгизи (sorry if I misspelled your name). I know you must be loving your new home! Now I learned about a new culture 🙂
Сәлам!=) Әйе Sheldon, Su Duñğızı Татарстанны, Казанны бик яратты=)
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