Capybara Basics
This continent is home to wild capybaras.
What is South America?
This is the largest country in South America where capybaras are commonly found.
What is Brazil?
Capybaras are closely related to this South American rodent known for its quills.
What is a porcupine?
In 2020s meme culture, capybaras are frequently edited alongside this orange cartoon cat known for laziness.
Who is Garfield?
Capybaras are herbivores, meaning they primarily eat this type of food.
What are plants (or grass)?
Capybaras are the largest members of this animal order, which also includes beavers and squirrels.
What is Rodentia?
Capybaras often live near this massive rainforest.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
Capybaras are closely related to this large semi-aquatic rodent native to North America.
What is a beaver?
In memes, capybaras are often labeled with this one-word personality trait meaning extremely relaxed.
What is chill?
Capybaras are most active during this time of day to avoid predators.
What is dawn and dusk (or nighttime)?
The scientific name of the capybara is this two-word Latin name.
What is Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?
This South American wetland, one of the world’s largest, is a capybara hotspot.
What is the Pantanal?
This apex predator of the Amazon Rainforest is one of the capybara’s biggest natural threats.
What is a jaguar?
Capybaras have become popular stars on this Chinese short-form video app.
What is Tiktok?
To help digest food, capybaras sometimes re-eat this.
What is their feces
Capybaras are semi-aquatic, meaning they spend much of their time in this type of habitat.
What is water (or wetlands/rivers/swamps)?
Capybaras have been spotted roaming suburban neighborhoods in this U.S. state.
What is Florida?
This gentle nickname refers to capybaras because they get along with so many species.
What is “nature’s friend”?
In Japan, capybaras became famous for soaking in hot springs with this SPECIFIC citrus fruit floating around them.
What is yuzu?
A group of capybaras is sometimes called this.
What is a herd?
This is the average number of toes capybaras have on their front feet.
What is four?
In this Asian country, capybaras are famous for soaking in hot springs at zoos.
What is Japan?
Capybaras practice this type of interspecies behavior when monkeys, birds, and even rabbits sit calmly beside them.
What is mutual tolerance (or commensal behavior)?
This long-running Japanese zoo tradition of winter hot spring baths helped boost capybara popularity worldwide.
What is capybara onsen bathing?
Capybaras can stay underwater for up to this many minutes.
What is five minutes?