Kapi’yva Exotics: Part 1

Scarlet and Scarlotta

Owner’s Blog:

Every now and then I do something interesting that Garibaldi Rous is not involved in so I post on this blog myself. I know, it is hard to believe that there is anything interesting that doesn’t involve Gari but you’ll just have to read this post and make your own assessment. Continue reading “Kapi’yva Exotics: Part 1” »

What I Am Not: An Agouti

 

Why did the agouti cross the road?

One of the animals we capybaras are most often confused with is an agouti. Agoutis are rodents and their range overlaps with the range of capybaras but we are not the same animal. In the photo above you can see a Panamanian agouti running. In the photo you can see some of the ways we look the same and some of the ways we look different.

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The Rodent Robber (Part Next: Fluffy Strikes Again!)

Where did Fluffy get that corn?

I love squirrels, you know I do.  As Rodent Royalty it is my responsibility to love all of my subjects. But sometimes they don’t make it easy.

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The Elusive Lesser Capybara: Video Edition

A lesser capybara

Smelly is being really lazy about getting her photos together of the lesser capybaras she saw in Panama. In case you’ve forgotten about them (but how could you?) here is a link to our first post on lesser capys.

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I Can Haz Cheezburger?

 

Me and Bakersfield chillin in the pool

Sometimes rodents have to work together to achieve fame, and that’s what Bakersfield and I are doing. We are each cute separately but we are exponentially cuter together.

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