Nagasaki zoo's 'Prune' takes capybara long-bath crown with 105-minute soak

SAITAMA -- Nagasaki Bio Park's "Prune" has won the national "capybara long bath showdown" with a dip lasting 1 hour, 45 ...
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Cold Capybaras Get the Spa Treatment at This Bathtub Party

Capybaras, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, prove rodents of unusual size aren’t just fiction. Native to South America, capybaras are the largest rodents in the world. They grow as long as 4.5 feet and ...
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Capybaras take their turn as the holiday season’s ‘it’ animal

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The world’s largest rodent is having a big moment. The capybara – a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig — is the latest in a long line of “it” animals to get star ...
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Giant rodents cuddle with visitors at the Capybara Cafe in Florida

Stephanie Angel, left, shows off an armadillo to visitors at the Capybara Cafe in St. Augustine, Fla., March 14, 2025. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Animal lovers now have a place to hang out with the “it” ...
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Cold Capybaras Get the Spa Treatment at This Bathtub Party

Every winter, zoos across Japan open the onsen, traditional hot springs baths, for their capybaras to enjoy. This custom began in the winter of 1982 at the Izu Shaboten Zoo. A zookeeper cleaning the ...