A gnawing question answered: It's a capybara roaming Paso Robles

Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 00:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A wastewater treatment plant worker's photos of a 'weird-looking' creature go viral on the Internet. Wardens used the pictures to confirm that the animal was an adult capybara, the world's largest rodent.It started last month when workers at a Paso Robles wastewater treatment plant noticed what appeared to be a giant rodent roaming the facility.

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