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Capybara Fact: Capybaras communicate through a combination of scent marking and vocal sounds, including purrs, barks, whistles, and grunts.
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Capybara Fact: Capybaras are excellent divers and can even sleep underwater, keeping their noses just above the water line.
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Capybara Fact: They have a highly developed sense of smell, which they use to find food and detect predators.
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Capybara Fact: A capybara's fur can range from a light brown to a dark, almost black color.
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Capybara Fact: When threatened, capybaras can emit a bark-like sound to warn others in their group.
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Capybara Fact: They're not great jumpers, but they can jump over obstacles that are about 3-4 feet high.
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Capybara Fact: Despite being semi-aquatic, capybaras have fur rather than waterproof hair.
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Capybara Fact: Capybaras are excellent divers and can even sleep underwater, keeping their noses just above the water line.
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Capybara Fact: Capybaras are great climbers and will often climb onto tree stumps and logs to look out for danger.
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Capybara Fact: Their social structure is similar to that of some primates, with a dominant male, females, juveniles, and subordinate males.
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Capybara Fact: They are herbivores, their diet consists mainly of grasses and aquatic plants.
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Capybara Fact: Their eyes, ears, and nostrils are all positioned high on their head so they can remain alert to predators even when they're in the water.
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Capybara Fact: Unlike other rodents, capybaras do not hoard their food.
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Capybara Fact: They have a specialized stomach that helps them digest cellulose in grasses.
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Capybara Fact: Some birds use capybaras as perches or platforms from which to hunt or scout.
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Capybara Fact: Their large size allows them to eat tall grasses and reeds that smaller rodents can't reach.
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Capybara Fact: Their preferred habitats are densely forested areas near bodies of water.
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Capybara Fact: In the wild, they have been known to form herds of up to 100 individuals.
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Capybara Fact: They can weigh up to 140 pounds, making them the world's largest rodents.
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Capybara Fact: Capybaras often serve as a 'mobile home' for semi-parasitic cowbirds that eat the insects off their backs.