
“Hello, I made these. You may tell me how cute they are now.”
We’ve seen the Nagasaki Bio Park capybaras before when they were taking shelter from the rain as adorably as possible. Now they’re making news on the Internet again after one female capybara gave birth to three furry little fuzzballs that have captured the attention of Japanese twitter.
▼ The babies were born on April 21, and they’ve been alone with their mother for the past several days as they get acclimated to their new environment.
バイオパークの #いきものウィーク ラストを飾るのはこちらの #おやこ
— 長崎バイオパーク公式 (@ngsbiopark) April 24, 2016
カピバラの赤ちゃんが4/21に生まれました \(*^_^*)/ まだ静かなところで親子水入らずで過ごしていますので、お披露目はもう少しお待ち下さい。 pic.twitter.com/b0Iv7774Jc
▼ Eager guests will have to wait a little longer before the babies are ready to meet their adoring fans at their public debut.
「もうちょっと待っとってね~」#いきものウィーク #おやこ pic.twitter.com/BRNMAEO1Gw
— 長崎バイオパーク公式 (@ngsbiopark) April 24, 2016
Many commentors expressed their excitement for when the babies will join the rest of the Nagasaki Bio Park capybara community. Here’s a sample of some of the colorful characters they’ll be living with:
▼ There’s the capybara conga line…that mostly just sits and doesn’t conga very much.
今日の #いきものウィーク のお題は #にんきもの だそうで。
— 長崎バイオパーク公式 (@ngsbiopark) April 22, 2016
とりあえず人気がある順に並んで・・・はいません。 pic.twitter.com/lba5ZVh5Tp
▼ Some capybaras are proud of all that junk in their trunk.
急かされる飼育係 #いきものウィーク #しいくがかり pic.twitter.com/DzquSCkhOH
— 長崎バイオパーク公式 (@ngsbiopark) April 19, 2016
▼ The royal capybara navy
カピ船団出動なり pic.twitter.com/ACpfjSERkF
— 長崎バイオパーク公式 (@ngsbiopark) April 10, 2016
▼ The fancy, upper-class capybaras who hold their noses high in the air
おはようございます、今朝は曇り空ですが、雨の心配はなさそうです。
— 長崎バイオパーク公式 (@ngsbiopark) April 9, 2016
穏やかな1日になりそうですね! pic.twitter.com/y1WgF6J7rS
▼ And the singing capyabara, who sounds like a cross between a bird and a horse
唄うカピバラ -- Singing capybara https://t.co/LwqpeSrbnd
— 長崎バイオパーク公式 (@ngsbiopark) April 10, 2016
Need more capybara love? Don’t worry, we’ve got you capy-covered.
Source, images: Twitter/@ngsbiopark
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