Capybaras in Hot Tubs
April 28, 2013 8:22 PM Subscribe
The voice in my head read that as Chupacabras chill out in hot tubs...
Never trust the voices.
That is all.
posted by Cookbooks and Chaos at 8:32 PM on April 28, 2013 [6 favorites]
Never trust the voices.
That is all.
posted by Cookbooks and Chaos at 8:32 PM on April 28, 2013 [6 favorites]
I would very much like to someday own and operate an entirely unprofitable capybara farm.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:33 PM on April 28, 2013 [32 favorites]
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:33 PM on April 28, 2013 [32 favorites]
These are great but I love the capybara hot spa most of all, where capybara relax and unwind from a long day of eating grass to soothing chiptune versions of Oh Suzanna and Dixie.
posted by Ad hominem at 8:40 PM on April 28, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by Ad hominem at 8:40 PM on April 28, 2013 [6 favorites]
A sweetly bliss out video. I love the capybaras' enjoyment.
posted by nickyskye at 8:40 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by nickyskye at 8:40 PM on April 28, 2013
It finally hit me what this reminded me of. It is like the end of a capybara version of Old Joy, the story of two men's journey of self discovery, and incidentally a hot springs. It makes me older how the capybara got to the hot springs, and what they learned about themselves along the way.
posted by Ad hominem at 8:49 PM on April 28, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by Ad hominem at 8:49 PM on April 28, 2013 [5 favorites]
they're the llamas of the rodent world!
posted by not_on_display at 9:04 PM on April 28, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 9:04 PM on April 28, 2013 [4 favorites]
Oh god the cuteness part of my brain just melted and ran out my ears.
posted by Purposeful Grimace at 9:12 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by Purposeful Grimace at 9:12 PM on April 28, 2013
Videos like this make me wish we had capybaras instead of guinea pigs. They seem so much more... civil? Social? Cuddly?
Really, I want a giant rodent pet I could chill in a hot tub with and take a nap.
posted by kendrak at 9:20 PM on April 28, 2013
Really, I want a giant rodent pet I could chill in a hot tub with and take a nap.
posted by kendrak at 9:20 PM on April 28, 2013
@Cookbooks and Chaos - the voices told me the same thing.
posted by Sassyfras at 9:35 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by Sassyfras at 9:35 PM on April 28, 2013
Those videos led me to witness the best job in the world.
posted by ruhroh at 9:36 PM on April 28, 2013 [10 favorites]
posted by ruhroh at 9:36 PM on April 28, 2013 [10 favorites]
Capybaras are very noble and wise looking in the face.
posted by dismas at 9:38 PM on April 28, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by dismas at 9:38 PM on April 28, 2013 [4 favorites]
On one hand, they carry ticks and spread lyme disease and have 12-inch long teeth.
On the other hand they're adorable fuzzy little Edwardian noblemen.
posted by The Whelk at 9:45 PM on April 28, 2013 [10 favorites]
On the other hand they're adorable fuzzy little Edwardian noblemen.
posted by The Whelk at 9:45 PM on April 28, 2013 [10 favorites]
Ruhroh, that person is like the capybara whisperer. Or at least capybara scratcher, and in this case, that's the same thing.
posted by shoesietart at 9:45 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by shoesietart at 9:45 PM on April 28, 2013
Hommy, you have Made. My. Day. Somehow, I missed the first capybara post, so a double dose of joy--with poetry!!!
Happy cappys in a hottub--who would have thunk it? This video MUST be shown to all family and friends on my email list.
The grass munchers were OK, but I wouldn't have watched till the end if the young'ins weren't stealing grass from each other. That part was the total cuteness.
I have heard that capybara* are good eatin'.
HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?
*According to Oxford.com, this: capybara, noun, (plural same or capybaras)
posted by BlueHorse at 9:56 PM on April 28, 2013
Happy cappys in a hottub--who would have thunk it? This video MUST be shown to all family and friends on my email list.
The grass munchers were OK, but I wouldn't have watched till the end if the young'ins weren't stealing grass from each other. That part was the total cuteness.
I have heard that capybara* are good eatin'.
HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?
*According to Oxford.com, this: capybara, noun, (plural same or capybaras)
posted by BlueHorse at 9:56 PM on April 28, 2013
The thing about capybaras is that they look simultaneously completely dignified and completely ridiculous. It's the best combination.
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 9:57 PM on April 28, 2013 [13 favorites]
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 9:57 PM on April 28, 2013 [13 favorites]
Those videos led me to witness the best job in the world.
The end of this may be the best part of it all, scratching the little baby cappy who's "only" the size of a housecat until he, too, succumbs to the scratching & falls over on his side. Thump.
posted by scalefree at 10:12 PM on April 28, 2013
The end of this may be the best part of it all, scratching the little baby cappy who's "only" the size of a housecat until he, too, succumbs to the scratching & falls over on his side. Thump.
posted by scalefree at 10:12 PM on April 28, 2013
I wouldn't have watched till the end if the young'ins weren't stealing grass from each other. That part was the total cuteness.
It was like a live action Lady and the Tramp with giant rats who hate each other, with grass instead of spaghetti.
posted by eddydamascene at 10:24 PM on April 28, 2013
It was like a live action Lady and the Tramp with giant rats who hate each other, with grass instead of spaghetti.
posted by eddydamascene at 10:24 PM on April 28, 2013
Those videos led me to witness the best job in the world.
I have never been both so puzzled and pleased in all my life.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 10:34 PM on April 28, 2013
I have never been both so puzzled and pleased in all my life.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 10:34 PM on April 28, 2013
Watching the first video, I've never wanted to go hot-tubbing more.
posted by gadge emeritus at 10:49 PM on April 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by gadge emeritus at 10:49 PM on April 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
Alvy Ampersand, it need not be entirely unprofitable - you could train them to serve hot, delicous pancakes as they apparently do in the first video.
posted by shoesfullofdust at 10:56 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by shoesfullofdust at 10:56 PM on April 28, 2013
I have heard that capybara* are good eatin'.
HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?
We thank the Pope for granting us this wish.
posted by Pope Guilty at 11:00 PM on April 28, 2013
HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?
We thank the Pope for granting us this wish.
posted by Pope Guilty at 11:00 PM on April 28, 2013
Such enigmatic faces. Such twitchy little ears.
posted by running order squabble fest at 11:13 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by running order squabble fest at 11:13 PM on April 28, 2013
Those rodents sure are living the life of riley.
...maybe I can slip on a capybara suit and sneak in.
posted by quazichimp at 11:13 PM on April 28, 2013
...maybe I can slip on a capybara suit and sneak in.
posted by quazichimp at 11:13 PM on April 28, 2013
So I watched these a bunch of times and the audio is bugging me more and more. We need to fix the audio. I propose we replace the laughing crowds and chiptunes with the fountain sounds from the last scene of Kill Bill 1. The tinkling water and strange "bonk bonk" noise of the bamboo.
posted by Ad hominem at 11:15 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by Ad hominem at 11:15 PM on April 28, 2013
26 comments in and no one's mentioned Speak? You're slipping, Metafilter.
They certainly know how to enjoy life.
posted by JHarris at 11:29 PM on April 28, 2013 [3 favorites]
They certainly know how to enjoy life.
posted by JHarris at 11:29 PM on April 28, 2013 [3 favorites]
I'd just like to link to this "C is for Capybara" illustration that has been a longtime favorite of mine. (I wish this artist would do the whole alphabet, but so far I think they've only done an equally awesome A, and B.)
posted by taz at 1:06 AM on April 29, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by taz at 1:06 AM on April 29, 2013 [3 favorites]
Ooooh taz those are great! They certainly do need more, although certain letters will pose problems.
posted by JHarris at 1:48 AM on April 29, 2013
posted by JHarris at 1:48 AM on April 29, 2013
operate an entirely unprofitable capybara farm
Perhaps not unprofitable. Capybaras are eaten in Brazil, I'm told.
posted by colie at 3:23 AM on April 29, 2013
Perhaps not unprofitable. Capybaras are eaten in Brazil, I'm told.
posted by colie at 3:23 AM on April 29, 2013
These are so vicariously relaxing, I feel I need to have a TV looping them while I work. Just to keep the stress level down.
posted by vanar sena at 3:27 AM on April 29, 2013
posted by vanar sena at 3:27 AM on April 29, 2013
One of my fantasies for being incredibly rich is to have a large pool area filled with frolicking capybaras.
These videos will do in the interim, however.
posted by codacorolla at 5:36 AM on April 29, 2013
These videos will do in the interim, however.
posted by codacorolla at 5:36 AM on April 29, 2013
It's weird, most baby animals have different coloring, or different head proportion, or something, but baby capybaras seem to be perfect scale replicas of adults.
posted by echo target at 6:29 AM on April 29, 2013
posted by echo target at 6:29 AM on April 29, 2013
I'd just like to link to this "C is for Capybara" illustration that has been a longtime favorite of mine. (I wish this artist would do the whole alphabet, but so far I think they've only done an equally awesome A, and B.)
That's Ursula Vernon, who wrote Digger! Which won last year's Hugo for Graphic Story. It's about a wombat, not a capybara, but is still worth checking out.
posted by little cow make small moo at 6:35 AM on April 29, 2013 [1 favorite]
That's Ursula Vernon, who wrote Digger! Which won last year's Hugo for Graphic Story. It's about a wombat, not a capybara, but is still worth checking out.
posted by little cow make small moo at 6:35 AM on April 29, 2013 [1 favorite]
To me, Capybaras, groundhogs & Guinea Pigs are the mobile, rodent equivalent of the Easter Island statues.
Also, I would like to apply for residence at Alvy Ampersand's Entirely Unprofitable Capybara Farm.
posted by yoga at 7:42 AM on April 29, 2013
Also, I would like to apply for residence at Alvy Ampersand's Entirely Unprofitable Capybara Farm.
posted by yoga at 7:42 AM on April 29, 2013
That's cute, but I really need to wonder how bad does wet capybara smell.
posted by Iosephus at 8:17 AM on April 29, 2013
posted by Iosephus at 8:17 AM on April 29, 2013
There needs to be a nap attack trigger warning on that first video; I have no idea how I'll pull myself out of this drooling semi-stupor in time to drive to work.
posted by FelliniBlank at 8:24 AM on April 29, 2013
posted by FelliniBlank at 8:24 AM on April 29, 2013
Did you know that capybara are actually a kind of fish?
posted by the man of twists and turns at 8:55 AM on April 29, 2013
posted by the man of twists and turns at 8:55 AM on April 29, 2013
They did the same thing with the capybara's industrious but less refined North American cousin.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:33 AM on April 29, 2013
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:33 AM on April 29, 2013
In other not a rodent but close enough news: Ozzy the Weasel's War Dance.
posted by homunculus at 10:26 AM on April 29, 2013
posted by homunculus at 10:26 AM on April 29, 2013
Meat from a 20-lb swamp rat: taste test
posted by homunculus at 10:54 AM on April 29, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by homunculus at 10:54 AM on April 29, 2013 [1 favorite]
Between this and the Jason Collins news, this is pretty much a perfect day on the internet for me.
posted by Brody's chum at 11:09 AM on April 29, 2013
posted by Brody's chum at 11:09 AM on April 29, 2013
At last, my dream for an all-rodent live production of Spirited Away can be realized.
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:08 PM on April 29, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:08 PM on April 29, 2013 [1 favorite]
If I could only watch one thing for the rest of my life, capybaras sitting in hot tubs would be that thing.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 2:19 PM on April 29, 2013
posted by A Terrible Llama at 2:19 PM on April 29, 2013
If I could only be one thing for the rest of eternity it would be a capybara in a hottub. Look at how content that thing is.
posted by codacorolla at 6:23 PM on April 29, 2013
posted by codacorolla at 6:23 PM on April 29, 2013
Capybara Mothers Litter of Dachshund Puppies
posted by homunculus at 7:53 PM on April 29, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by homunculus at 7:53 PM on April 29, 2013 [1 favorite]
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