Description

040. ‘FAMILY TIME’. Capybaras. Rio Cuiaba, Matto Grosso, Brazil

Capybaras form a highly social species. They can be found in groups as large as one hundred, more often living in much smaller groups. They are herbivores, grazing mainly on grasses and aquatic plants. They eat the grasses in the wet season, but in the dry season they go for the reeds.