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Eight baby capybaras have been born at Curraghs Wildlife Park in Ballaugh, and the park’s manager says they are helping to get visitors thinking about wetland conservation.
The youngsters arrived just over two weeks ago, according to Manx Radio. Their mothers are Agatha and Mirabell, and their father is Juan.
No rodent alive today is bigger than the capybara. The species comes from South America and spends much of its life in and around water, making its home by rivers, marshes and wetlands. A capybara pregnancy lasts roughly five months.
Kathleen Graham told Manx Radio that the babies had proved popular with the public. She said they also helped to demonstrate why the wetlands that wildlife depends on need protecting.
Ms Graham discussed the new arrivals in more detail on Manx Radio’s Countryside programme.
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