Comments on: What In The World Is A Capybara?

By: Les Moor

Les Moor — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:03:26 +0000

@Sara, my bet for the animals you saw in Florida is nutria, a much smaller animal. They are all over the southern states and into Texas.

By: Cheri

Cheri — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:15:10 +0000

Ah. Excuse the redundance of my comment… I see you have corrected the text.

By: Cheri

Cheri — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:13:22 +0000

Paso Robles is nowhere near Los Angeles. I realize it may make no difference to the general public, but accuracy should be important in a Science blog. If you wanted to be closer to the truth and have a catchy byline, the article should say the capy is on the loose in San Francisco.

By: Sarah Zielinski

Sarah Zielinski — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:11:13 +0000

Sorry for the LA mixup. We’ve fixed the text.

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:01:00 +0000

Funny…I know for a fact there’s a small population of capybaras in north central Florida. I’ve seen wild capybara in the marshy pond areas of San Felasco preserve (a state park in Gainesville). It has been a couple of years since I’ve seen them, but the last time I went trail riding on my horse, he was spooked by a couple rustling around the edge of a pond. Nobody really bothers them, and they don’t really bother anybody. But they are cute little buggers, that’s for sure.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:56:19 +0000

Sadly, Paso Robles is nowhere near (or perhaps fortunately?) Los Angeles. http://bit.ly/mRD0KW We’d love to invite him over for dinner, though.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:53:34 +0000

Paso Robles is 1/2 way between Los Angeles and San Francisco, a good 3-4 hour drive between each.