Yeah I miss my pigz. Kavalier and Clay 2002-2010.

A five and dime, my friend. A general store.

Don't forget pet store. You haven't lived until until you've tried to grab a finch off the wooden bar in a Woolworth's. And since they are out of business, I guess you never will.

Exactly the sort of store you'd expect to find rats in.

And now I'm sad. Can you even domesticate them?

They're herd animals so they're probably not too hard to domesticate. I'm guessing, though, that they don't handle North American climates well. And they probably prefer to be in bodies of water surrounded but a few dozen other capybara. Of course, in the wild they're a very popular food source, so they probably don't last that long there, either.

I just remember a lot of sad things being discussed last time a pet capybara showed up here. Also that the pet capybara lived about 18 months.

I'm not sure how long they live in general, come to think of it.

Wikipedia says 8-10 years. Also says that feral capybara are living in Florida so maybe these guys will do well. I remember the one we were following here who didn't do well was in Oregon or Washington.

Looking at their channel these two have been around a while already and seem to be very well taken care of, I feel better now.

This is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PvGXygdZwQ

The downside, of course, is the anal scent glands.