why are they breeding these in such numbers since they are endangered only least concern and common as muck throughout the UK, couldn't they do another rarer animal. or is it that their numbers are falling fast?
why are they breeding these in such numbers since they are endangered only least concern and common as muck throughout the UK, couldn't they do another rarer animal. or is it that their numbers are falling fast?
What an odd reaction. It's not as if breeding Capybara has stopped them breeding something else, and they're not particularly expensive animals to keep. Why shouldn't they breed them?
What an odd reaction. It's not as if breeding Capybara has stopped them breeding something else, and they're not particularly expensive animals to keep. Why shouldn't they breed them?
There is something about capybaras that just make them so nice (for want of a better word). I know of a few people that just feel attracted to capybaras.
In fact thinking about it capybaras are the optimal zoo animals:
- they have an impressive selling point (largest rodent)
- they look attractive ("cute" "cuddly" )
- they have a good temperment to mixed with other species
- they are large enough to make them easy to spot and interetsing to the average vsisitor but not too large for them to require masses of space.
- they have cool natural behaviours (living in family groups, swimming to evade predators etc)
- they're easy to maintian, feed, clean
- the water loving nature is a point of interes for visitors.
