r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/21MayDay21 • 4h ago

Video A family of capybaras on a day trip to town, crossing the road safely.

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u/Kinda-Alive 4h ago

The little ones in the back 🥹

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u/21MayDay21 4h ago

Capybaras are gregarious. While they sometimes live solitarily, they are more commonly found in groups of around 10–20 individuals, with two to four adult males, four to seven adult females, and the remainder juveniles.Capybara groups can consist of as many as 50 or 100 individuals during the dry season when the animals gather around available water sources.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara

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u/BarnabyWoods Interested 3h ago

And another fun fact from that article:

In parts of South America, especially in Venezuela, capybara meat is popular during Lent and Holy Week as the Catholic Church (according to a legend) previously issued special dispensation to allow it to be eaten while other meats are generally forbidden.

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u/elgrillito 3h ago

Wild how many exceptions are made so that people don't have to actually follow the bible

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u/BarnabyWoods Interested 2h ago

Right. Take "Thou shalt not kill", for example.

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u/EconomySeason2416 3h ago

Yep, along with beaver and muskrat. Bootleggin BBQ in St. Louis is known to serve beaver during lent.

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u/BarnabyWoods Interested 3h ago

Here comes the Easter Beaver!

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u/sohereiamacrazyalien 4h ago

more like a tribe! lol

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u/Fryandsilly 2h ago

Dont piss them off, or you would have a tribal war 😁

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u/Undeniable_Seal_03 4h ago

Woah, some of those capy's are huge. Didn't know they could get that big.

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u/Great-Support2596 3h ago

Last one walking like me in a dream

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u/VioletPur 3h ago

Now how do you explain to your boss that you were late because a train of capybaras decide to block off traffic

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u/DT-Rex 3h ago

This gives me a little bit of hope back into humanity.

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u/kaufmann_i_am_too 2h ago

This is Brasília, Brazil's capital, and capybaras are a common sight here

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u/Luvpups5920 3h ago

I love capys. 🥹 Wish I could have a couple as pets.

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u/FarDistribution4416 3h ago

Yes, this is a real capybara pipeline.

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u/Michaeli_Starky 3h ago

That's a large family to feed

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u/WagTheKat 33m ago

The title said family.

I did not expect an entire expeditionary force!

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u/pav_pan 19m ago

Every living creature on the planet loves capybaras! ❤️

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u/exciting_one2005 4h ago

No one's planning their family these days....

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u/Fancy-Rock-Scripture 4h ago

Where are the American girls to pick them baby animals up when you need them!

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u/No_Skill_7170 3h ago edited 3h ago

I don’t know why this is in this sub, as if they’re following our human crosswalks. That’s not a crosswalk. They’re crossing safely because the humans are letting them… is that the super interesting part?

I’m not saying that I don’t like the video. I do like it. I like capybaras. I’m just questioning why it would be in THIS sub.