The capybara!
Capybaras are rodents; the largest rodents in the world actually. They are about four feet long, two feet tall, and can sometimes weigh around 150 pounds! That is the size of some dogs! These animals are active in day and night. They are also excellent swimmers. This species can be underwater for a few minutes without coming up for air and can sleep in the water if they have to. The capybaras just have to stick their nose out of the water when dozing off. The diet they eat is mostly grass, and I mean a lot of grass. An adult capybara can eat as much as six to eight pounds of grass! The mating season of the capybara is almost any time, and a female capybara can have up to six babies a year. Sadly, farmers hunt down these animals for their meat and hyde, because it helps protect some of their plants. Indians hunt them down to use their teeth as ornaments, and capybara sightings are less often now. Lets hope just like other animals, plants, and the rain forest itself won't come to extinction. The capybara is definitely too unique to lose.
