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A little while back, I met a capybara, the world’s largest rodent ... Of course, I was taken with his ridiculous shape and size, but I was also projecting my past loneliness onto him, the ...

The capybara is the world’s largest rodent in the order Rodentia, according to Toshi. They originated in South America and live in grasslands and wetlands along rivers. They are good swimmers ...