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lieshurt posted 6/25/2013 15:18 PM

http://now.msn.com/gary-the-capybara-is-a-112-pound-rodent-pet

[This message edited by lieshurt at 3:19 PM, June 25th (Tuesday)]

Unagie posted 6/25/2013 16:41 PM

Nope, nuh-uh, not even a little. Mind you I think they're cute but seriously no.

ETA: she was on my strange obsession.

[This message edited by Unagie at 4:43 PM, June 25th (Tuesday)]

MerryMeNot posted 6/26/2013 01:49 AM

I want one, too!! So cute.

I have eaten one of these creatures, sorry to say. I work with refugees and am friendly with a family from Liberia. The dad of the family was going on and on about how he was hungry for "grasscutter." He couldn't explain what it was, and capybara didn't exactly spring to mind. The family had spent a few years in South America where they first had this meat and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what they were talking about.

Anyway, a friend of his came to visit, bearing a parcel covered in newspaper. There was a big raw hunk of "grasscutter" within, looking not exactly fresh. I have an iron stomach, impervious to bacteria, so I ate a big plate of stewed grasscutter and it was GOOD. Only learned later "grasscutter" = capybara.

It DID taste like chicken.

BrokenRoad posted 6/26/2013 21:39 PM

Capybaras are at the zoo, you can at least visit them

Kajem posted 6/26/2013 22:07 PM

He's cute.

Reminds me of Manatees only smaller with feet and on land.

Nature_Girl posted 6/27/2013 01:49 AM

I'll have one too. Slow cooked, lots of BBQ sauce and a toasted bun, please, with a side of potato chips & some ice-cold beer.

Lyonesse posted 6/27/2013 01:56 AM

Sorry, you lost me at

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