Many of you probably know that the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the world’s largest rodent. They can be huge: as Wikipedia notes, “The top recorded weights are 91 kg (201 lb) for a wild female from Brazil and 73.5 kg (162 lb) for a wild male from Uruguay.” That’s a lot of rodent!
Capybaras are native to South America, but some of them seem to have found their way to Japan, as evidenced by this onsen constructed in what apparently is a Japanese zoo or wildlife park. Ceiling Cat bless the Japanese for going to all this trouble to give pleasure to a rodent.
Now tell me, on this Valentine’s day is there anything more lovable than these capybaras frolicking in the hot tub? If you show these videos to your sweetheart, you’ll be sure to get lucky!
And another one:
h/t: from BoingBoing via Barry
Who knew capybara would enjoy hot tubs! All the cavies are lovely animals. I do notice that guinea pigs seem to have a strange surprised expression on their faces while capybaras tend too look a bit irritated.
The capybaras just want us off their lawn.
I’ve been watching this obsessively on Facebook for days now. Capybara are one of the most absurd and adorable creatures on the planet.
I like the little guy (or gal?) that jumps in the water in the second video – COWABUNGA! **SPLASH**
I’m pretty sure this place is the front for the setting of Spirited Away.
Yes, and the cat onsen in the previous post made me think of that too! Spirited Away is a lovely movie, well worth watching.
Second only to My Friend Totoro if you need cheering up. Waiting in the rain for the bus / Totoro with his umbrella / The Cat Bus!!
No location for the first, just says “Capybara outdoor bath on a very cold day”; the other one is at the Nagasaki Bio Park, which seems to be well known for its capybaras – just Google “nagasaki bio park” and most of the first page hits are about capybaras.
I see your bathing cappies and raise you a cappy dabbling with puppies.
Now I’m in the furry corner of Youtube again.
House trained?
Very cute.
My dog Eddy started wanting to be in the bathroom when I shower. Now he insists on being in the shower. Since he has arthritis and his medication doesn’t entirely dispel his pain, I let him, and leave him in the shower while doing my daily ablutions.
Plus it makes him smell better. He enjoys rolling in things that I prefer not to think about, or smell.
Is Eddy a fox terrier?
My gigantic dog hates the idea of getting in the tub. He long, spindly legs freak her out when it comes to slippery surfaces or some stairs.
Eddy (my daughter named him) is a Jack Russel, large for his breed, about 25 lbs.
He’s about the most stubborn dog I’ve ever seen.
I can see a dog, especially a large dog being afraid of slipping.
What breed of dog do you have?
My dog is an out of standard yellow lab. She too is much larger but very tall and their and around 100lbs. I thought she may have been part great dane and had her genetically tested only to discover that she is 100% labrador. I got her through a rescue group as she was on “death row” at a high kill shelter in Cleveland.
Looking at YouTube for the first one, I see that it was at the Saitama Childrens’s Zoo. The caption underneath mentions a cooperative effort with the Nagasaki Bio Park.
I could use some time doing that. Bet I’d fit in well with that blissful bunch. 🙂
Ha ha ha. I shall go and wake up the wife to see this.
Ow!
She was amused. But not amused enough.
It’s always a gamble
Omigosh, those two vids plus Draken’s are so adorable! Capys look stoic, to me, with even a touch of dignity about them.
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