# Capybaras heck up on Brazilian legislators **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189 "2026-08-06T18:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/1 "2026-08-06T18:46:27Z")
> CUIABA, Brazil (AP) — One [Brazilian](https://apnews.com/hub/brazil) state legislature has increasingly found its voting sessions invaded by a group of unexpected visitors: capybaras. > > The notoriously chill rodents strolled through the front door of the local legislative building in Cuiaba, in the central [Brazilian](https://apnews.com/hub/brazil) state of Mato Grosso, and surprised lawmakers who were preparing for a vote last week. The building sits next to a park filled with wildlife. > … > “They show up here quite often, so we’ve gotten used to seeing them,” Bueno said. I’m sure they were just doing their civic duty as oversized rodents. I also like that the article closed with > Their visit caused no damage to the Mato Grosso state legislature. …which is more than we can say for Trump. > **[Capybaras Make Surprise Stop At Brazilian Legislature](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capybaras-make-surprise-stop-at-brazilian-legislature_n_6a7352e9e4b02974827c204d?origin=home-zone-d-unit)** > > The notoriously chill rodents strolled through the front door of the local legislative building in Cuiaba and surprised lawmakers who were preparing for a vote last week. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/2 "2026-08-06T18:51:55Z")
@Larry_Borgia ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/3 "2026-08-06T18:57:55Z")
Rodents of unusual size? (stares straight at a capybara) I don’t believe they exist. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/4 "2026-08-06T19:12:00Z")
I love the capys. They just look like they have no shits to give. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/5 "2026-08-06T20:34:45Z")
Can we vote for them? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/6 "2026-08-06T21:47:19Z")
This is so cool: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SCwcJsBYL3o/maxresdefault.jpg "Dog and Capybara") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCwcJsBYL3o) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/7 "2026-08-06T22:08:57Z")
While claiming no relevant expertise whatsoever, my gut tells me that we’d have been looking at an _entirely different kind of party_ had somebody lit up that robot vacuum cleaner seen napping against the wall 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/8 "2026-08-06T22:36:55Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > This is so cool: I get the impression that the dog thinks the capybara is just a weird-looking dog, and the capybara thinks the dog is a weird-looking capybara. If that’s the case, then at the end of the video it looks as if the capybara is saying to itself “How does he DO that?” while looking at the dog lying down with its forepaws in front of it. The capybara looks like it’s trying to do the same, but can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/9 "2026-08-06T23:25:47Z")
Given my expertise, I can tell you that would have been a blood-bath if that was a Dachshund. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/10 "2026-08-07T00:09:34Z")
Relatives of yours? And the dog seems to be in a perfect superposition of |What the Hell is that thing!?\> and |Who cares? It’s paying attention to me!\>. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/11 "2026-08-07T00:36:42Z")
It looks like the capybara is limping, favoring its right hind leg. I hope it wasn’t anything serious. One of my rats had a very nasty leg infection a few months ago and was limping like that, but responded well to antibiotics and an antiinflammatory. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capybaras-heck-up-on-brazilian-legislators/1032189/12 "2026-08-07T17:37:24Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > @Larry_Borgia What do you call a pack of capybara’s, a meditation. Here comes the harem @capybara @Capybara1 @Capybara32 and @Capybara_1