What is this? Where do they live? Are they normally domestic animals??
This photo released by Melanie Typaldos shows Typaldos and Caplin her pet capybara wearing his
Halloween custome. The capybara, Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris, is a
semi-aquatic rodent of South America. It weighs about a hundred pounds,
and is about 2 feet tall at the shoulder.
(AP Photo/Courtesy Melanie
Typaldpos)