My big pet rodent! Capybara trades wetlands for family home in Argentina

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A capybara baptised ‘Marlin’ traded the wetlands of his natural fauna for a traditional home in Mar del Sur, province of Buenos Aires, as seen on Saturday.

The giant rodent native to South America has been a family member for two years since Alejandra Villarruel and Marcelo Santiago found him on the beach next to his lifeless mother. The couple mainly helps animals in need to recuperate enough to go back into the wild, but Marlin has chosen otherwise.

“On two occasions, we took him and threw him into the stream. We tried hiding and leaving, but when he heard the noise of the truck, he just ran after us,” commented Santiago.

Marlin was seen strolling through the neatly cut grass of the backyard, exposing his belly in the air just like a dog to be petted and enjoying a homely meal of wheat and corn inside the living room.

“When Marlin came, everything changed. He changed our dynamics because now we must think: ‘Maybe Marlin comes around at six or seven in the afternoon, and we have to be at home,” said Alejandra.

According to the couple, Marlin behaves like a dog. He comes when called, has a powerful sense of smell and becomes alert if danger is near. The capybara also gets along really well with the family dogs.

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SOT, Alejandra Villarruel, Capybara family (Spanish): “We are here in Mar del Sur, and the newest member, well ‘newest’; he has been with us for two years already, is Marlin. He is two and a half years old, and he has been with us since he was six months old, approximately.”

SOT, Alejandra Villarruel, Capybara family (Spanish): “When Marlin came, everything changed. He changed our dynamics because now we have to think - ‘maybe Marlin comes around at six or seven in the afternoon and we have to be at home, just as he also knows that when we go out at night, he prepares himself to stay outside with the dog. No matter at what time we come back, he always has to come in for a little while.”

SOT, Marcelo Santiago, Capybara family (Spanish): “On two occasions we took him and threw him into the stream. We tried hiding and leaving, but when he heard the noise of the truck, he just ran after us. So, on two occasions we did it, we went once, and then again and we couldn’t, so we decided to let him stay with us and see what happens, and there he is.”

SOT, Marcelo Santiago, Capybara family (Spanish): “The truth is that he is very similar to the dog. I have three dogs and they get along very well. He does many things like a dog, he has sense of smell, he listens, when there is danger outside, he is always attentive and if the dogs run out, and he runs out the back too. That means that he thinks he is a dog too.”

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