The World's Most Relaxed Rodents - Capybaras

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
  • The largest rodent in the world is a Capybara-and they are VERY cute. Native to South America, these semi-aquatic gentle giants are known for their peaceful, sociable personalities. But there’s something special about the Capybaras in Japan’s Izu Shaboten Zoo - here they live a pampered life, drawing crowds of people to see them.
    Spending winter days relaxing in their personal onsen (hot bath), eating fruit they relish their time in the warm waters-an activity that has become a tradition in about 20 zoos across Japan since its accidental discovery in 1982. The Izu Shaboten Zoo, where we find ourselves in today’s Great Big Story, is particularly famous for this practice - sit back, relax and get cosy with these cute Capybaras.
    00:00 It happened by accident
    01:00 Every day
    01:26 Meet the family
    02:05 They're famous!
    03:00 Why we love them
    #Capybara #Rodent #Animals
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Komentáře • 294

  • @NotAPirate
    @NotAPirate Před 5 měsíci +1800

    Still not tired of capybara content in 2024.

    • @beans00001
      @beans00001 Před 5 měsíci +19

      same (you probably can’t tell)

    • @TheyCallMeDio
      @TheyCallMeDio Před 5 měsíci +14

      The true CZcams meta

    • @hueymontgomery9508
      @hueymontgomery9508 Před 5 měsíci +15

      The capybaras are still pullin up today

    • @dallastexas5653
      @dallastexas5653 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Capybara and red pandas are straight clickbait for me.

    • @Tom..Shelby
      @Tom..Shelby Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@beans00001nah man. Couldn’t tell at all

  • @victor9
    @victor9 Před 5 měsíci +511

    They are not animals, they are vibes, moods, and lifestyle, they are physical manifestations of relaxation .....

    • @ps3udologue
      @ps3udologue Před 5 měsíci +33

      Yup, they are the embodiment of pure chill

    • @GreatBigStory
      @GreatBigStory  Před 5 měsíci +52

      True! Chill vibes always 🧘

  • @Constantine_Cvl8
    @Constantine_Cvl8 Před 5 měsíci +919

    It's amazing how peaceful they act when you consider how many predators they have to face in the wild.

    • @halincadenza7165
      @halincadenza7165 Před 5 měsíci +60

      They been seen chilling next to gators, though

    • @jonh101
      @jonh101 Před 5 měsíci +35

      ​@@halincadenza7165 the gators either ate already or are not hungry. Jaguars and anacondas are a different story

    • @krungkronch1947
      @krungkronch1947 Před 4 měsíci +17

      If Capybara was a person, he would probably still be chill when there is a fire or earthquake incoming.

    • @joshuastefanick4806
      @joshuastefanick4806 Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@krungkronch1947they are bad parents. They don’t watch their young 😅😅😅😅😅

    • @bentlexgaming672
      @bentlexgaming672 Před 28 dny

      Could it because they might have a bite that can tear of a finger?

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza Před 5 měsíci +545

    Since it wasn't explained in the video, the reason why you always see citrus fruits (called yuzu) floating in the bath, is due to a belief in Japan that the oils and vitamin C in yuzu is good for your skin and circulation. So it's a tradition to throw a few yuzu in when you're soaking in an open-air bath like these capybara are doing!

    • @SpringNotes
      @SpringNotes Před 5 měsíci +22

      Thank you for explaining !

    • @disa.v2365
      @disa.v2365 Před 5 měsíci +12

      Interesting yuzu fact :)

    • @schlagsahne394
      @schlagsahne394 Před 4 měsíci +16

      Japanese ppl don't usually put yuzu in the bath, though no one will be against it doing it on an ordinary day (since it has a wonderful smell) it's more of a special thing on the day of winter solstice. The tradition originated cuz the smell of Yuzu was believed to keep away demons. For the capybara bath, they're probably doing it since it adds some color and makes it even more relaxing to look at.

    • @krungkronch1947
      @krungkronch1947 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Oh really? Oh gotta try it soon.

  • @dh5363
    @dh5363 Před 5 měsíci +374

    GBS can dedicate their entire life to Japan and still won't run out of fascinating contents

    • @GreatBigStory
      @GreatBigStory  Před 5 měsíci +27

      We love this comment 😂 Thank you! 🫶❤️

    • @casuals.3.19
      @casuals.3.19 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@GreatBigStoryYOOO YOU GUYS STILL HAVE THE SAME VOICE OVER LADY AS 5 YeEARS AGO (I think?) WHEN I USED TO WATCH YOUR VIDEOS BACK THEN

    • @-Shibbi
      @-Shibbi Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@casuals.3.19I believe the voice over lady is Beryl Shereshewsky, that now has her own youtube channel focus on foods.

  • @advocate_of_HAKAI
    @advocate_of_HAKAI Před 4 měsíci +82

    Pandas: chaotic good
    Capybaras: lawful good

    • @AaronGeo
      @AaronGeo Před měsícem +3

      Grizzly bears: Chaotic evil
      Polar bears: Lawful evil

    • @advocate_of_HAKAI
      @advocate_of_HAKAI Před měsícem

      @@AaronGeo facts 😂

  • @lithium444
    @lithium444 Před 5 měsíci +152

    Capybaras are a planetary treasure

  • @carieannpayne7091
    @carieannpayne7091 Před 5 měsíci +242

    Beryl back with GBS is just as relaxing to me as the Capybara!!! ❤

  • @shabotengroup
    @shabotengroup Před 5 měsíci +37

    Thank you for coming.
    The capybara open-air bath open until April 7, 2024, so please come and see agein it.

    • @NeevKul
      @NeevKul Před 4 měsíci +2

      YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT'S THEM

  • @thatshirleylee
    @thatshirleylee Před 5 měsíci +102

    i am a simple man. i see professionally shot capybara content, i hit like.

  • @dolphincrescent54
    @dolphincrescent54 Před 5 měsíci +51

    Those Capybara are the luckiest animals in the zoo. I envy them.

  • @gloriastone3211
    @gloriastone3211 Před 5 měsíci +72

    Beryl is back on Great Big Story? I recognized her voice right away! Capybaras are so cute!

  • @anonview
    @anonview Před 5 měsíci +59

    Utamaru definitely looks like that calm, collected dad who has a solution to all your teenage problems. Lovely creatures!

  • @usamaepekonis
    @usamaepekonis Před 5 měsíci +17

    Me every time I see Capybara related videos: "OK I pull up"

    • @Mr_Mistah
      @Mr_Mistah Před 4 měsíci

      Hop out at the after party

  • @bookish.calirican
    @bookish.calirican Před 5 měsíci +21

    i love capybaras! i aspire to reach that level of chill and relaxation

  • @ScorpionStrike7
    @ScorpionStrike7 Před 5 měsíci +22

    I wish I could have this level of chill 😅

  • @galacgacwatson3102
    @galacgacwatson3102 Před 5 měsíci +15

    You have no idea how happy you just made me. Thank you Great Big Story for the great content! ❤

  • @WolfTheTrueKing
    @WolfTheTrueKing Před 5 měsíci +30

    As someone from South America I can agree they're adorable and having them around lakes over here is super fun. The sad part is that here in the south of the americas there's a risk they have a flea with them that could kill you if infected. So no petting Capys when you're visiting over here, zoos outside south america should be fine though

  • @alfredofernando9599
    @alfredofernando9599 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Masbro really loves the hot spring and the people. Really cute

  • @ariannasv22
    @ariannasv22 Před 5 měsíci +11

    I think its just a universal mammal (and probably beyond) thing of "mmm hot water"

  • @wastedsoul1024
    @wastedsoul1024 Před 3 měsíci +1

    they do be chillin' 😊

  • @wingedeathnoisewave
    @wingedeathnoisewave Před 5 měsíci +5

    Awesome content as always! Thank you!

  • @davehud2552
    @davehud2552 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Oh I was lost in their warmth too, it is a beautiful addiction watching them🤗🥰

  • @happycook6737
    @happycook6737 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Capybara enjoying onsen. 🤣Now I have seen it all.

  • @mantidream8179
    @mantidream8179 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I will post here some flavor text from an mtg card called "Basking Capybara":
    "Even our most learned philosophers can only hope to approach the inner serenity of the humble capybara"

  • @AngelusNielson
    @AngelusNielson Před 5 měsíci

    Capybara are one of my favorite animals. They're just so chill and relaxed.

  • @loki2240
    @loki2240 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Capybaras: "We put our bottoms in this warm water. Now, it is ours." 😂

  • @SANITIZEDINC
    @SANITIZEDINC Před 4 měsíci +2

    I'm so glad this channel is back.

  • @MattsCradleTV
    @MattsCradleTV Před 4 měsíci +1

    Its relaxing, calming and peaceful to watch Capybaras.

  • @cascalanca
    @cascalanca Před 5 měsíci

    Amazing video as always GBS!

  • @charizarr.d
    @charizarr.d Před 4 měsíci +1

    a bucket list item 🫶

  • @sidd_not_vicious2609
    @sidd_not_vicious2609 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I absolutely adore these creatures and would love to see them in the parks around where I live

  • @RickR69
    @RickR69 Před 5 měsíci +7

    This is the cutest damn thing I've seen in a while. Fantastic stuff.

  • @carvcarv0053
    @carvcarv0053 Před 5 měsíci +7

    I wish I can be like a capybara. Relaxed almost all the time :3

    • @SummerFlowyYT
      @SummerFlowyYT Před 4 měsíci

      Then a big fat crocodile came and ate you. The End

  • @taylorR909
    @taylorR909 Před 5 měsíci +8

    This is the same park they used in the anime: Yuru Camp (Laid Back Camp). Ever since I saw that episode I always wanted to visit this park.

    • @pamady276
      @pamady276 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Fellow Shimarin fans also here 😂

  • @shreddedbulgariamapperofficial
    @shreddedbulgariamapperofficial Před 4 měsíci +2

    When the world needed this channel, it returned

  • @cat_pb
    @cat_pb Před 5 měsíci

    BERYL!!! YAY, you are back here!!

  • @user-jr3st4dp2u
    @user-jr3st4dp2u Před 3 měsíci +1

    I'm about to backpacking around Japan early January next year and this place will be on my travel bucket list

  • @patricksanders858
    @patricksanders858 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks from coming back GBS!

  • @aayt8336
    @aayt8336 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Spotted one of these for the first time ever while in a remote outdoor setting and it was the ONLY reason I felt the area I was in was safe enough from other wildlife predators! #TeamCapybara ⭐️

  • @mayarejay5167
    @mayarejay5167 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Ohh to be a cappybara in a hot, relaxing bath in Japan 🥰

  • @teamhunley
    @teamhunley Před 5 měsíci +2

    Adorable ❤

  • @TwittytheTailor
    @TwittytheTailor Před 5 měsíci +6

    Hey guys, just wanted to let you know you used an interview soundbite twice since I don't know if it was intentional. The first time at 2:27 and the second time at 3:11

  • @milkdromeda1531
    @milkdromeda1531 Před 27 dny +1

    In Japan, even capybaras start taking hot baths 😂

  • @user-lf4fx5cp7t
    @user-lf4fx5cp7t Před 4 měsíci +1

    In fact, capybaras live in people's hearts.
    Close your eyes and imagine an elegant capybara bathing in a hot spring.

  • @AbdullahQecibegCH
    @AbdullahQecibegCH Před 5 měsíci +1

    Nice,Masbro stuffs

  • @shoviknandy20
    @shoviknandy20 Před 4 měsíci +1

    i connected with beniten on spiritual level, chilling in its own space

  • @magicknight13
    @magicknight13 Před 3 měsíci

    That man has the best most fulfilling job in the world!!!😊😊😄

  • @Jessejames7321
    @Jessejames7321 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Finally, the best animal gets its own video!

  • @veryamazingname0129
    @veryamazingname0129 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Capybaras are the physical embodiment of the phrase “this is fine”

  • @w3lc0metomyl1fe
    @w3lc0metomyl1fe Před 4 měsíci +1

    Imagine how many problems can be solved just by bringing a few capybaras around.

  • @ZeacorZeppelin
    @ZeacorZeppelin Před 5 měsíci +1

    So cute.

  • @kayokolindenberger3754
    @kayokolindenberger3754 Před 5 měsíci

    Capybara and Beryl! 💓

  • @CBRN-115
    @CBRN-115 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I wish I was a capybara. Not worrying about taxes, pension or any human things.
    Just relaxing, enjoying reality and being alive

  • @gimmins
    @gimmins Před 4 měsíci +1

    OMG, if they had a hot spring where you can go in with the Capybaras, that would be an enormous hit

    • @AaronGeo
      @AaronGeo Před měsícem

      It might probably exist.

  • @Slavic_fox
    @Slavic_fox Před 5 měsíci +6

    OK I PULL UP

  • @HandleToBeDetermined
    @HandleToBeDetermined Před 5 měsíci

    Capybara vids are my favorites

  • @moodgorning9877
    @moodgorning9877 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Ok they pull up

  • @WindowsXP_logon_sound_25yrsago
    @WindowsXP_logon_sound_25yrsago Před 5 měsíci +11

    Ah, my spirit animals 😂. One of the world's most amazing creatures. The personification of being perfectly friend-shaped.
    I can not get over these guys 🤣🤣😭😭😭💀
    My people 👐 😂

  • @cybersamurai2049
    @cybersamurai2049 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Capybara are the most chilliest animals ever

  • @mmps18
    @mmps18 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I LOVE CAPYS

  • @Dysprosio2
    @Dysprosio2 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Never seen a capybara in the zoo! More used to seeing the wandering around the city, or by the beach. Either in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and in many Brazilian cities! 😅

  • @TheNoerdy
    @TheNoerdy Před 5 měsíci

    This is the perfect video

  • @jillsipocz3582
    @jillsipocz3582 Před 5 měsíci

    They are darling- like giant gerbils!!

  • @DarkChaosMC
    @DarkChaosMC Před 5 měsíci

    I love the cappy blappies

  • @aylasmiles3705
    @aylasmiles3705 Před 4 měsíci

    Beryl you’re not fooling no one. It’s good to hear your voice.

  • @rlynch2857
    @rlynch2857 Před 5 měsíci

    I LOVE THEM

  • @jessisdoingherbest
    @jessisdoingherbest Před 5 měsíci

    they're soo cuteee hahaha

  • @beans00001
    @beans00001 Před 5 měsíci +2

    what can I say, I’m a fan.

  • @Toobst8ker
    @Toobst8ker Před 5 měsíci

    Great Title ❤

  • @itaibarak2526
    @itaibarak2526 Před 5 měsíci +2

    OK I PULL UP🔥🔥

  • @dimasdafafahrudin2233
    @dimasdafafahrudin2233 Před 5 měsíci +1

    See, guys? Masbro becoming CZcams's meta!

  • @erinwalker711
    @erinwalker711 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I love capybaras. The biggest rodent in the world is the cutest rodent of all.

  • @222aloof
    @222aloof Před 5 měsíci

    I love how he knows a quality of each of them

  • @scottpollock6549
    @scottpollock6549 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Hey @GreatBigStory I had a question for you guys...I'm a videographer for 3 years now and I'm really interested in getting into documentary and short-story work. How do you find the stories to share though? Thats the part I don't understand. Any tips on how to find good stories to share or good short-stories to produce?

  • @AbiBomb
    @AbiBomb Před 5 měsíci

    heck yea!

  • @Johnny-re7dm
    @Johnny-re7dm Před 4 měsíci +1

    yeah, this is quite the great big story

  • @MrCapybara7300
    @MrCapybara7300 Před 3 měsíci +1

    As a capybara I approve this

  • @Hotspur62
    @Hotspur62 Před 4 měsíci

    I love capybaras...as carpincho gloves 🙂

  • @williamcheng1268
    @williamcheng1268 Před 14 dny

    3.02 so funny 😂

  • @temi6034
    @temi6034 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I must go there before death reaches me

  • @ThadDePadua9928
    @ThadDePadua9928 Před 5 měsíci

    Yeah, they'd be chilling. ;-;

  • @_Ethann_
    @_Ethann_ Před 5 měsíci +1

    Had to pull up the vid soon as I saw

  • @slt4463
    @slt4463 Před 4 měsíci +1

    if they were to stream this for 10 hours a day on twitch I bet they would made a lot of money I'd be watching it here and there for sure

  • @joliebokeh1958
    @joliebokeh1958 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I am delighted to learn that capybaras have had hot tubs since before I was born 😊

  • @usernamepassword6909
    @usernamepassword6909 Před 5 měsíci

    The great production skills of Beryl Shereshewsky.

  • @flowerflower1154
    @flowerflower1154 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Anyone who wanna visit there, I'd recommend taking public bath in Shizuoka as well. Shizuoka is at the foot of Mt Fuji, which is still alive.

  • @gwenamoredumal-is8719
    @gwenamoredumal-is8719 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Great Big Story is back? Since when? Why am I only aware of it now? 😮😮

  • @pixelchu
    @pixelchu Před 5 měsíci +2

    When they pull up at the after party:

  • @ictforallth
    @ictforallth Před 4 měsíci +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @American-Jello
    @American-Jello Před měsícem

    I wonder if the hot spring has a livestream? I'm in the USA, and I wouldn't mind seeing Japan's capybaras soaking 😁

  • @inipassword8517
    @inipassword8517 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Los nipones hicieron populares al capibara,al picozapato ,.. ❤

  • @greego5952
    @greego5952 Před měsícem

    yuge is a mood

  • @Monticello_Bonifacio
    @Monticello_Bonifacio Před 5 měsíci

    MASBROOOOOO ❤❤❤

  • @Malafky
    @Malafky Před 4 měsíci +1

    So they are native to South America and these are in Japan. What a trip for these capybaras 😅

  • @LearnaboutAnimals
    @LearnaboutAnimals Před 5 měsíci +1

    Ok, i pull up 😁😁

  • @Bmonkeygurl
    @Bmonkeygurl Před 4 měsíci

    We almost got to go to that zoo last summer. We were 30 min away, but we couldn't get the timing to work.

  • @Kimchigae
    @Kimchigae Před 4 měsíci

    Pretty sure this was made for me

  • @Teag_Brohman15
    @Teag_Brohman15 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Coconut Doggy!!!!

    • @illusion1283
      @illusion1283 Před 10 dny

      OK I PULL UP 🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️

  • @zdrux
    @zdrux Před 5 měsíci +2

    I wish someone would prepare warm bath for me every day and bring me food :)