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Capybara
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Unassuming and poker-faced, capybaras can often be seen during the day while on an Amazon river boat cruise, cooling off in the waterways and mudbanks.
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With their seemingly unimpressed facial expression, capybaras are nevertheless highly social creatures. These rodents also live in large groups of about 20 to 30 and enjoy spending time dipping in the Peruvian Amazon’s waterways and mud banks in the day.
Capybaras can also remain submerged in water for five minutes and run as fast as a horse, which partly explains why they’re not an endangered species. Some locals hunt them for their meat and hide, not minding the fact that capybaras occasionally eat their own waste as a source of bacterial gut flora. We’re guessing these creatures have never heard of yogurt.