Capybaras thrive, even near humans, because they’re not picky eaters
The rodents’ flexible diet has helped them adapt to human-modified environments
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As humans have broken up ecosystems across South America, capybaras have still thrived, possibly by expanding what they eat. Here, a herd of the rodents of unusual size grazes in a park in Curitiba, Brazil.
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