NEWS-Caplin Rous relishes snuggling in bed, going to the pet store with his owner and doing tricks like sitting and shaking for treats.
He might sound like your typical dog, but guess again. He's actually a capybara, otherwise known as the largest rodent species on earth.
"People hear the word rodent and they think it's some kind of a dirty word," Caplin's owner, Melanie Typaldos, tells PEOPLEPets.com. "But many of them are very smart, clean, loving animals."
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Caplin Rous, (his second name is an acronym for "rodent of unusual size," a reference from the movie "The Princess Bride") is all those things — although Typaldos warns that she wouldn't recommend him as a pet for just anyone.
Although he's extremely loyal and a perfect gentleman in public, he can be territorial at home, sometimes trying to bite visitors he doesn't like. He also requires a very large grazing area because he munches on grass most of the day and the semi-aquatic animal requires daily dips in a pool or other body of water.
WAIT does this thing really snuggle in this ladys bed?! How does this lady's husband put up with this. Its time to lay down the law. Does this wife pay her wifely dues and putout while this things in the room? Because no chance I'd be getting down with a killer rodent in the bed.
People think its miraculous this thing does tricks? I trained a mouse to ring a bell before it eats big whoop. I like how she mentions its a little territoriality. You know if the owner is saying this it is a killer beast
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