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My Fame Stretches to 30 minutes

Caplin Rous — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:33:05 +0000

Me with Neptune

Against all odds, my famosity has extended beyond the run-of-the-mill 15 minute variety. I dare say I have achieved a full 30 minutes! This is great because as Capybara Ambassador it is my job to let people know about us capybaras, including how cute and how smart we are. I am being super successful at that, not that I like to brag. I had a whole bunch of articles written about me this month, too many to put links to all of them so these are just some highlights. The photo of me with Neptune was one of the most popular photos used. I can understand why because we sure look cute together.

The LA Times

Planeta Bizzaro (in Brazil)

The Telegraph (in the UK)

EToday (in Russian!)

PEOPLEPets and msnbc.com

HLN.BE (Belgium)

I did a video segment for KENS5 in San Antonio, Texas

Here’s an article on Hobby.cz about me in Czech!

Here is an article about me in Pets Best Newsroom. Question is, why did they use a photo of some other capybara? That is not me.

I even got a dumb reference from the comedian, Dave Barry. Not sure I like those comments.

And wow! Look, here’s an article about me in Thai!

There were more, including one in a newspaper in Hong Kong that I couldn’t get a link to. So you can see that I am Capybara Ambassador Extraordinaire!

I want to thank Linda Lombardi of the Associated Press. She started this whole thing rolling with her article about me. Thanks Linda!

Web Appearances: Flattering or Insulting?

Caplin Rous — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:22:37 +0000

Lately my photo appeared on several websites. Some of them seem pretty nice but others not so much. I’m going to post the links in order of how much I like them.

Me and Sheldon on FunnyWeirdCool
I love this photo. Sheldon does love me
Me with the band Capybara
I am going to be on one of their music videos too!
Me and my owner on iambored
I really don’t like that one much because of the comments
A poor, dead capybara being sold as a novelty item
I hate this one. They even made the capy look dumb by giving it buck teeth…not that my owner looks dumb…I mean, not that there’s anything wrong with her teeth…

Little Brother Dobby on Cute Overload

Caplin Rous — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:02:43 +0000

Well, looks like my little brother Dobby is going for the World’s Second Most Famous Capybara award. In case you are wondering, which you should NOT be, I have the World’s Most Famous Capybara award securely in my court. Dobby was on CuteOverload today and I have to admit, he is just about too cute to believe in the photo that they posted of him in the bathtub. You have to go check it out.

Oh Dobster! I am soooo proud of you!

Kitty Sneezes: A Feline Interview

Caplin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:58:05 +0000

Okay, the heading of this post might be a little misleading. I am not interviewing a feline (aka cat), a feline interviewed me. His name is Mickey Smitherson and he is a very gorgeous animal. (Is it okay to call a male cat gorgeous? I really don’t think handsome has the impact I’m looking for.)

Mickey and I had a great interview that you can read here. Since he is a cat, we naturally ended up covering some topics that humans never touch upon. At the same time, Mickey has some rodent-related issues which I think he is going to have to work through. One of those issues is capybara-envy. After I told him I was Rodent Royalty–which I totally am and it’s not like something I made up–he crowned himself King Kitty! Well, I guess we all know what egos cats have, it’s not like Mickey is any kind of exception in that area. I think he’ll find that being King Kitty is like herding cats! Good luck with that, Mickey!

My Friends Elizabeth & Emily: Balloon Makers

Caplin Rous — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:28:20 +0000

Emily & Elizabeth with Balloon Capybara

I have some of the most amazing friends in the world…and they’re not even all capybaras! I’d like you to meet two special friends, Emily and Elizabeth. Sure, they are cute human kids and we have that cute thing in common, but we also share another special attribute.

Elizabeth & Emily also have their own book! Seriously! (Probably their mom takes credit for their book just the way my owner takes credit for mine. That is lame.)

Did you notice what they are holding in the photo? It is a balloon capybara! Sadly, it turns out that capybaras are very hard to render in balloon. I think they did a pretty good job though. I especially like the color they chose. But the picture should give you a hint as to what their book is about. It is a instruction guide on how to make balloon animals. Who wouldn’t want to do that?

You can read more about them, their book and their fun encounters with everyone’s favorite capybara (me) on their blog. The title of their book is Kids Show Kids How to Make Balloon Animals. It’s a great idea for children’s parties and other events.

I think it would be fun if y’all would try to beat Emily & Elizabeth’s capybara-balloon rendition and send me photos of your creations. I’ll add the photos to this post. Come on! Let’s see how creative my fans can be.

Internet References to ME!

Caplin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:38:33 +0000

Here are some recent web pages and blogs that refer to me. Probably my fans should view these just to let them know how great you think I am. Not that I have a big head or anything. (I know. I do have a big head.)

www.oddee.com named me one of their 9 Most Unusual Pets. You should follow the links on the other pets too. Really amazing stuff!

ohhaveyouseenthis on blogspot.com posted a link to my Alien Capybara video.

Nothing to Do With Arbroath also posted a link to my Alien Capybara video. I think that is going to be one of my most popular videos. I look super cute in it.

Five Favorite Giant Pets That Live in Houses

Caplin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:48:55 +0000

Once in a while there is a list, a category, a conglomeration of things that just screams “YOU!” This is the exact feeling I had when I heard about Urlesque’s Five Favorite Giant Pets That Live in Houses. Come on! How could that not include me?

I have to say, there was some stiff competition. I mean a hippo is a gigantic beast and certainly not expected in a human house. Same with a moose; they are surprisingly large creatures. When I saw the others, I breathed deeply, and felt a shiver of fear that I might not be worthy of the list after all.

But I did make it! Check out their short introductory video and then follow the links to the longer videos about each pet. Interesting stuff. Makes me look commonplace.

Best of Texas? You bet I am!

Caplin Rous — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:50:40 +0000

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 sure there are nothing like that many capybaras, although it is a nice thought. Anyway, you can read the interview here.

Sofanauts!

Caplin Rous — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:29:15 +0000

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 Fiction/Fantasy writers podcast. He gives this site as one of his two link picks and, near the end of the program, discusses how unique and wonderful an animal I am. Then he makes a very funny comment about anipals, especially guinea pigs.