I made tiny art of giant capybara asking for scratches
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 2.5x3.5 inches

Saigon Zoo & Botanical Gardens just introduced their newest trio! In Vietnamese, their names put together literally mean "I - Love - You".

You can hardly tell them apart by appearance, but their personalities give them away: baby YÊU (Love) shyly toddles behind mom, while ANH (I) and EM (You) stick together 24/7... mostly to scuffle and chomp on each other.

Day 20 of sharing all the capybara photos and memes I've collected since 5 years

Fun Fact

Capybaras have a mutualistic relationship with many birds for grooming

The shake was kinda bad tbh

Enjoy :)

Day 18 of sharing all the capybara photos and memes I've collected since 5 years

Fun Fact

Baby capybaras are called pups and they do indiscriminate suckling meaning they will nurse from any lactating female in the herd

New capybara at San Francisco Zoo.

Day 17 of sharing all the capybara photos and memes I've collected since 5 years

Fun Fact

Capybara's can run up to 35km/h(22mph). Please note that this is their top speed they cannot maintain this speed for long durations

An early attempt at documenting South American fauna by European missionaries. Leaf 62 of the manuscript História dos animais e árvores do Maranhão by Frei Cristóvão de Lisboa. Image source: Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino facsimile edition, 1967.

Day 16 of sharing all the capybara photos and memes I've collected since 5 years

Fun fact

Capybara's have a four-chamber stomach that allows them to digest tough plant materials.