Jim's Going to want One...

[hjmick]

...and he may want the dogs as well:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3s2MVHh9WY

[jimnyc]

WTF is that thing? Now I gotta go read about them....

[jimnyc]

LOL, Wiki shows it as a large rodent, kinda like a guinea pig. Damn, that's one HUGE guinea pig!!

[hjmick]

I think they're cool as hell.

[tailfins]

I think they're cool as hell.

I bet they would be good honey glazed on a skewer.

[PixieStix]

...and he may want the dogs as well:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3s2MVHh9WY

Awwww
I love those puppies. What breed are they?

The giant rat seems to be a gentle soul

[Bilgerat]

I bet they would be good honey glazed on a skewer.


They are raised in some places for their meat and fur.

In Louisiana they have Nutria and the State will five you $4.00 per tail for the critters. I expect they can eat them too :laugh:

[tailfins]

Pernil de capivara assada no Brasil:

http://ccook3.vila.to/receita/pernil-de-capivara-no-bafo-f8-34560.jpg

[jimnyc]

I feel horrible. There was a show on about piranhas on Natgeo last night. I was watching a couple of minutes as they were only showing them swimming and eating other fish. I was stunned when they next showed one of these capybaras walking into the water, and the voice talking about how he didn't know what he was getting himself into. I had to quick change the channel!

For the largest rodent I've ever seen, he does seem kinda cool!

[tailfins]

I feel horrible. There was a show on about piranhas on Natgeo last night. I was watching a couple of minutes as they were only showing them swimming and eating other fish. I was stunned when they next showed one of these capybaras walking into the water, and the voice talking about how he didn't know what he was getting himself into. I had to quick change the channel!

For the largest rodent I've ever seen, he does seem kinda cool!

My mother-in-law is visiting. I mentioned to her about people keep capivaras (Portuguese spelling) as pets. She busted out laughing. If you talk about capivara in northern Brazil, it will be a discussion about which is better, the legs or the ribs.

[Abbey Marie]

My mother-in-law is visiting. I mentioned to her about people keep capivaras (Portuguese spelling) as pets. She busted out laughing. If you talk about capivara in northern Brazil, it will be a discussion about which is better, the legs or the ribs.

Probably similar to attitudes about dog in China. Or horse elsewhere. Just because a culture eats a particular animal, does not really make it "funny" that others would want to care for it. Compassion and caring should never to be ridiculed.