zendao42Definitely prefer kittens to those & that's also #CapybaraAppreciationDay
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https://www.gocomics.com/day-by-dave/2025/07/10
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Art History Animalia#CapybaraAppreciationDay :
Capybara recorded by Frei Cristovão de Lisboa in Historia dos animais d arvores do Maranhão, Brazil, 1620s (facsimile ed. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, Lisbon, 1967)
https://purl.pt/38130/1/html/index.html#/296-297
#NaturalHistoryArt #ColonialArt
Capybara recorded by Frei Cristovão de Lisboa in Historia dos animais d arvores do Maranhão, Brazil, 1620s (facsimile ed. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, Lisbon, 1967)
https://purl.pt/38130/1/html/index.html#/296-297
#NaturalHistoryArt #ColonialArt
Ratatosk™While you celebrate #CapybaraAppreciationDay today, please remember to also celebrate #WorldCapybaraDay on 14 September! #DiaInternacionalDaCapivara
For #CapybaraAppreciationDay on #WatercolorWednesday:
Charles Hamilton Smith (Belgian, 1776–1859)
The #Capybara , c.1837
Watercolor, pen, brown ink, graphite on paper
Yale Center for British Art B1981.25.2191: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:35101
Charles Hamilton Smith (Belgian, 1776–1859)
The #Capybara , c.1837
Watercolor, pen, brown ink, graphite on paper
Yale Center for British Art B1981.25.2191: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:35101
Happy #CapybaraAppreciationDay! Please enjoy this 17th c. book illustration of a #capybara chilling under a banana tree in Brazil🍌
📕A Relation of a Voyage made in the Years 1695, 1696, 1697 on the Coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles, by a Squadron of French Men of War, under the Command of M. de Gennes, written by François Froger, published in 1698.
Image via Bonhams: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21752/lot/247/froger-francois-a-relation-of-a-voyage-made-in-the-years-1695-1696-1697-on-the-coasts-of-africa-streights-of-magellan-brasil-cayenna-and-the-antilles-by-a-squadron-of-french-men-of-war-under-the-command-of-m-de-gennes-m-gillyflower-and-others-1698/
📕A Relation of a Voyage made in the Years 1695, 1696, 1697 on the Coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles, by a Squadron of French Men of War, under the Command of M. de Gennes, written by François Froger, published in 1698.
Image via Bonhams: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21752/lot/247/froger-francois-a-relation-of-a-voyage-made-in-the-years-1695-1696-1697-on-the-coasts-of-africa-streights-of-magellan-brasil-cayenna-and-the-antilles-by-a-squadron-of-french-men-of-war-under-the-command-of-m-de-gennes-m-gillyflower-and-others-1698/
Bonhams : FROGER (FRANÇOIS) A Relation of a Voyage made in the Years 1695, 1696, 1697 on the Coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles, by a Squadron of French Men of War, under the Command of M. de Gennes..., M. Gillyflower and others, 1698
A Relation of a Voyage made in the Years 1695, 1696, 1697 on the Coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles, by a Squadron of French Men of War, under the Command of M. de Gennes..., first edition in English, engraved additional title/frontispiece and 15 plates (2 folding), small top corner of title margin torn away, first folding plate torn at fold without loss, blindstamps on title, plates and final leaf, contemporary spotted panelled calf, edges rubbed, joints cracked [Alden & Landis 698/81; Borba de Moraes I:331-332 (not noting engraved title); Gay l'Afrique 232; Sabin 26004; Wing F-2233], 8vo, M. Gillyflower [and others], 1698
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Happy #CapybaraAppreciationDay 🐭☀️ (from Diego and Tootsie)
Dd you know? You can enjoy a new, up and close experience with Tootsie the Capybara this summer inside the Mayan Temple.
Book at https://t.co/cK1pm25wlu #TZWildEncounters https://t.co/reNMct050d
∙ 𝙹𝚞𝚕 𝟷𝟶, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺 𝟿:𝟷𝟷𝙰𝙼 ∙
External URL(s) in tweet:
∙ http://torontozoo.com/wildencounters
Wild Calendar🐾 Looking for a role model? Look no further than the capybara! These zen masters of relaxation have got it all figured out. ✨🤗
https://wildcalendar.today/observance/caplin-day/
#CapybaraAppreciationDay #CaplinDay #CapybaraDay
https://wildcalendar.today/observance/caplin-day/
#CapybaraAppreciationDay #CaplinDay #CapybaraDay
