Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A capybara bathing contest held across multiple zoos in Japan was won by a rodent -- aptly named Prune -- who spent 1 hour, 45 minutes and 18 seconds in the bath. Animals at multiple ...

You've probably come across photos of the contented capybara – unceremoniously unbothered, sinking into a steaming onsen filled with bobbing yuzu fruit. The world's most relaxed and social animal is ...

A capybara named Puruun, or "Prune," has officially claimed Japan's coziest crown. According to Japanese publication The Mainichi, Prune, who lives at Nagasaki Bio Park in Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture, ...

I explore Pumpkin the capybara’s mud wallowing behavior and how these natural activities help animals stay comfortable during ...

SAITAMA -- Nagasaki Bio Park's "Prune" has won the national "capybara long bath showdown" with a dip lasting 1 hour, 45 minutes and 18 seconds, while "Hechima" of Saitama Children's Zoo Park -- known ...