Here in Venezuela, we call them “Chigüire”, and they also have a smaller cousin called “Picure”, and some of our people eat them for festivities, the meat is salted to conserve, and then cooked to remove the salt and rehidratate, they’re beautyfull and taciturn animals, you should see them wading, they look incredible.

P.s. Only a very few of us actually eat chigüire

Whoever(Im assuming the MOD) writes these captions is a genius. I come to Cute Overloaded not only to be overloaded with cuteness, but to LOL at the captions. Thanks so much!

core,
At the LA zoo once, there was a big crowd around the monkey cage. It was funny to see some folks hightail it out of there so Junior wouldn’t see nature at work. The giraffes were getting frisky to, and that’s *quite* a sight.

core,
At the LA zoo once, there was a big crowd around the monkey cage. It was funny to see some folks hightail it out of there so Junior wouldn’t see nature at work. The giraffes were getting frisky to, and that’s *quite* a sight.

core,
At the LA zoo once, there was a big crowd around the monkey cage. It was funny to see some folks hightail it out of there so Junior wouldn’t see nature at work. The giraffes were getting frisky to, and that’s *quite* a sight.

core,
At the LA zoo once, there was a big crowd around the monkey cage. It was funny to see some folks hightail it out of there so Junior wouldn’t see nature at work. The giraffes were getting frisky to, and that’s *quite* a sight.

core,
At the LA zoo once, there was a big crowd around the monkey cage. It was funny to see some folks hightail it out of there so Junior wouldn’t see nature at work. The giraffes were getting frisky to, and that’s *quite* a sight.

core,
At the LA zoo once, there was a big crowd around the monkey cage. It was funny to see some folks hightail it out of there so Junior wouldn’t see nature at work. The giraffes were getting frisky to, and that’s *quite* a sight.

~~wavy lines for the way-back machine~~ Years ago at the San Francisco Zoo, Daddy Capybara was getting frisky with Mommy Capybara, right in the middle of their herd of babies (which look exactly like the parents, only in miniature – with equally disapproving expressions) and in front of Ghod, everybody, a very embarrassed human family, and me, cracking up. I could just imagine Mommy Human having to explain “When a boy capybara likes a girl capybara very, very much…” to her puzzled children.

Well roll me in cinnamon and call me snickerdoodle! If capybaras make CO, can nutria be far behind?