Capybara

[Rabrrrrrr]

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. World's Largest Rodent...

:scared:

[Left Is Write]

2. Kookaburra

[Orrex]

7. Who are you calling a Laughing Jackass?

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, kookaburra
Laugh, kookaburra
Gay your life must be

Why the hell do I remember that from an elementary school Music class close to three decades ago?

[Left Is Write]

9. I don't know. Why do I?

[dysfunctional press]

3. Speak!

Speak is the Tick's pet on the animated version of "The Tick". The Tick found him in the jungles of Mexico after he bumped his head, which made him hallucinate the animal speaking. He thought it was a dog until he took it to the veterinarian, who told him it was in actuality a Capybara. The Tick was initially heartbroken at this, but eventually came to accept Speak's "Alternative lifestyle" (as he called it in one episode). As the Capybara is the largest living species of rodent, the Tick once affectionately referred to him as "the world's biggest rat." Speak became the focus of several peculiar ideas for the Tick who still believed the animal could speak and that he was even exceptionally intelligent.

In his own right Speak's appearance was unusual for a capybara in that he appeared to lack any kind of neck and his head was much larger in comparison to his body than is true for a capybara. Although described as "moist" he was rarely seen in the water, but this likely came from the constraints of living in the characters' apartment. Unrelated to his "capybara-ness" he also had a kind of eczema and a runny nose.

Speak generally lived in the cupboard beneath the sink in Arthur's kitchen. He appears to have been completely terrified of the Tick. The Tick was, of course, completely oblivious to this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_(The_Tick)

[Broken_Hero]

4. Interesting animal...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Yes. I've liked them since reading a book about them when I was 8 or so.

It was a kid's book about a kid who gets a capybara, and it keeps their lawn "mowed" to an even height, along with other things.

Great story!

And I've loved them ever since.

[Broken_Hero]

6. To be honest, I had no idea what it was

until I googled it, learn something new everyday...:D

[deucemagnet]

8. Chupacabra

[Radical Activist]

10. There is no such animal

Sorry, its a myth. What you see in the picture is really a few hamsters born near a nuclear power plant.

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Legal for Catholics on Fish Fridays!

Not kidding. At one point, local priests in what is now Venezuela had decided that since the capybara spent much of its life in the water it was as OK to eat capybara as fish on 'meatless Fridays'. Evidently declaring a rodent to be "like a fish" was easier than getting people to accept "we've changed our minds, you can eat (non-fish) meat".

To their credit, they were concerned about whether the locals were getting adequate nutrition, and thought that adding wild, and thus free, capybara to the list of 'legal' foods might help.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=capybara+catholic+fish&btnG=Google+Search

http://www.rebsig.com/capybara/index.html

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. How bizarre!

The Catholic Church has done so much bizarre shit over the years, sometimes I can only shake my head in wonder.

[Xipe Totec]

13. No thanks, I already had dinner

and Capybara for breakfast is too Gaucho.