With a weight of more than fifty kilograms and one meter in adulthood, Capibar They are the largest rodents on the planet, a species, originally from South America, but in recent years has become fashionable through the Internet and in the form of a stuffed animals.
These mammals, also known as Carpinchos or Chigüiros, live in groups “from five to twenty samples”, “near large masses of fresh water, such as rivers, lakes or mouths, an environment that considers it necessary to be“ semi-Afibians, ”said Argentine Ecology Julia Mata specializing in this form.
In addition to the fact that they are the means in which they are bearing, the water helps to adjust its temperature in moments of very warmth and allows them to avoid their predators, and this is that thanks to their palm legs, these animals are “very flexible swimming”.
Another of representative features Capibar This is his social and cooperative character: they live in visible harmony with other species, from birds, which usually put on their backs to crocodiles, next to which they can remain without trembling.
“Boys are forming an excellent family among them,” added Mata, as evidenced by the fact that “women share breastfeeding”, and puppies can suck any of adult women.
This social and quiet character is one of the factors underlying its popularity around the world, although the Argentinean ecologist at the same time warned that in the wild these rodents do not allow themselves to be affected by people who often fight to bite their backs with some teeth, which, like other rodents, never cease to grow.
Creators of diversity
Capibaras have a “useless” digestive system, a function that makes them consume a lot of plant biomass in order to feed and produce a lot of excrement.
This obvious disadvantage is very useful for its habitat: by consuming a large amount of vegetation, these rodents reduce the height of grass in vast areas, while others remain the same, which creates “small niches of diversity” that fill other plants and other species of animals, such as insects, mammals or birds, said the mat.
Together with this function of the ecosystem, areas with less vegetation can also help stop the inertia of potential fires, reducing fuel available to the flame.
Kapibara in Mexico
Mexico is not a natural habitat of Capybara, but there are several samples in the zoos and San Juan -e -Aragon.
They can also be found in environmental aquariums and parks.
Nevertheless, it is necessary to mention that they are not suitable as pets.
Maestro Itócatl Maldonado Reséndiz, from the faculty of veterinary medicine and Zootechnics, notes that they are very complex animals with specific social and environmental needs.
Although they live in harmony with other species, they can be very aggressive.
With information from EFE and López-Digo Digital
