About Capybara

Capybaras are the World's largest living rodents. Although they come from South America, they became extremely popular in Japan. Capybaras can be found in zoos where people come to pet them. There's also a toy character Kapibara-san (カピバラさん) created by Banpresto - you can buy almost anything with it in Japan (but in fact only in Japan because they are for sale only there). Capybaras are very calm and relaxed animals, I recommend viewing beautiful films made by fans on youtube. Some people keep them ocassionally as pets e.g. in USA, but personally I think this must be hard to do because Capybara needs water to live (they're semi-aquatic animals). Nonetheless these people seem to be very happy with their unusual pets. If you're looking for more information on Capybaras, please visit wikipedia or try some of my links below.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Hey Kapibara-san!



Kapibara-san (カピバラさん) seems to be quite a recognizable character in Japan. You can see positive reactions of people in the streets here. I wish I would meet the big Kapibara-san next time.



The so-called 'kapi tower'as seen in the video ;-) was not invented by the creators of Kapibara-san - I found some evidence showing that real capybaras sometimes make small kapi-towers. And believe me,this has nothing to do with procreation!
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