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A giant rodent named Cinnamon has been found after escaping for five days from her habitat in Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World.
Teams had been working around the clock to locate the missing capybara, who was ‘living her best life’ in the woodlands around the zoo.
A thermal drone was also used to try and locate Cinnamon, who is gifted at hiding. After five days, she was located.
Will Dorrell, the zoo’s owner, said: ‘Last night we saw her on a drone less than 200 metres from her home, so we’re hoping that through the use of live traps and a search party this evening we can get her back.
‘When we saw her on the drone she was looking very good, she was sat there very happily munching on grass.’
Cinnamon first went missing on Friday, September 14, and managed to get beyond the zoo’s perimeter fence, where she was spotted on a nearby road.
The zoo said: ‘Although capybara are generally friendly and inquisitive animals, the animal should not be approached as it could become unpredictable if alarmed or cornered.
‘Cinnamon has a fantastic bond with her keepers and it is likely that she can be encouraged back to her habitat with no physical intervention.’
Capybaras are a giant rodent native to South America. They’re considered very social animals and rely on each other for their well-being.
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They can growup to 4 feet long and 24 inches tall, and weigh between 77 to 146 pounds. They’re fantastic swimmers, and can hold their breah for up to five minutes at a time.
Being social animals, capybaras have gone viral online for their odd antics together. In 2016, a photo of 11 capybaras waiting out a rainstorm at the Nagasaki Bio Park, a zoo and botanical gardens in Japan went viral.
Japan is seemingly very fond of the giant rodents, having opened a new Capybara Café in Tokyo as a tribute to the South American animal.
If you’re hoping to see the cute animals in the UK, we’ve compiled a list of where you can spot them.
Where to see capybaras in their element in the UK
Want to hang out with the capybaras but don’t have the budget for a trip to Japan? There are a few places you can do so in the UK:
- Cotswold Wildlife Park, Oxfordshire
- Shepreth Wildlife Park, Hertfordshire
- Chew Valley Animal Park, Bristol
- Chester Zoo, Cheshire
- Drusillas Park, East Sussex
- Hobbledown Heath, London
- Jimmy’s Farm, Suffolk
- Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster
- Beale Park, Berkshire
- Dudley Zoo, West Midlands
- Newquay Zoo, Cornwall
- Blackpool Zoo, Lancashire
- Exmoor Zoo, North Devon
- Chessington Zoo, Surrey
- Cumbria Safari Zoo, Cumbria
- Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World, Telford
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