I found Capybaras in the Wild! | Exploring Curitiba, Brazil

I found capybaras in the wild, in Curitiba, Brazil.
A new vlog as we visit my wife's family in the south of Brazil.

[@lauraellen189]

Omg, those capybara are much bigger than I thought they were. Very pretty city!

[@carlosmendes6361]

At 05:20… a pair of carcarás. It’s a ‘hairy’ hawk. You always see them in couples, but in a crazy morning here in Santos(São Paulo state) there was a flock of those birds. At least 20

[@matheuss886]

Curitiba can get quite chilly in winters. In fact even Brasilia where I live does during a few days. But Curitiba's in the same climate Köppen classification as the south of the US, subtropical humid.

[@LindaC616]

My roommate in grad school did study abroad in Curitiba. It's nice to see the city, because all I could see in those years were her posters and sometimes some photos. I remember how excited she was when my ex and I went to a Mexican market in Milwaukee, an hour and a half away, and found Guaraná. It was rare to find it in Wisconsin in those days

[@qynoi42]

5:36 The bird is a crested caracara for anyone else that is curious. Did a search on the image of the bird - not an ornithologist but I do love animals. Apparently it is also called the Mexican Eagle but it is a type of falcon. I love capybaras! They're just so chill.

[@edisonctba1]

O pássaro é um Gavião.

[@mauricioraeder7164]

@@edisonctba1 é um Carcará... não é uma águia e nem um gavião, mas sim um parente distante dos falcões

[@edisonctba1]

@@mauricioraeder7164 Pode ser em outro lugar, aqui em Curitiba é Gavião.

[@mauricioraeder7164]

@@edisonctba1sou curitibano, moro em Ctba e sempre chamei de Carcará, tem vários aqui perto de casa. Enfim, de qualquer forma, sempre temos formas distintas de chamar os mesmos animais, o famoso regionalismo. Um abraço pra vc

[@CathyHendrix1]

Shaun, I don't know if you are aware, but the part of North Carolina that you visited a few years back has been completely destroyed by a hurricane last Thursday night and Friday morning. Entire towns are washed away. Many people have no way in or out except by air. Asheville N.C. is devastated. Tens of thousands of people still have no power, water, phone service or internet. So many missing. Our local river, here in Virginia, crested at 22 feet above flood stage. The second highest on record. Homes and anything along the rivers and creeks are washed away. Many roads and bridges destroyed. It will take years recover, and we are nowhere in the shape that North Carolina is. You can google or KZbin for more info. Just thought you would want to know.

[@shaunvlog]

Thank you Cathy, I’m just looking into it and am horrified. Hope your friends are ok

[@user-wc8fp4cx6c]

@@shaunvlog If I remember correctly, you also swam in Florida's coastal waters and commented how very warm they were. Those waters were at record temperatures (+5 degrees) due to climate change. When the hurricane passed over those waters it exploded in intensity from a category 1 to 4. Entire cities were washed away. Several more storms are brewing in the Atlantic and may be headed in the same direction.

[@someadcstuff7670]

Hope your people are safe. Wishing the best from southern Brazil 🙏

[@AlbinoMileskiJunior]

Sorry Shaun for the comment. In relation to the pair of birds under the tree in Birigui Park, Curitiba they are called Carcará. They are neither an eagle nor a hawk, but rather a distant relative of falcons.

[@everardo7777]

Great video! 👏😄🇧🇷🇺🇲

[@DannyCalderon-f7d]

I got to feed capybaras at Gatorland outside of Orlando, FL. They look like giant guinea pigs and like their bellies rubbed just like dogs. Their hair is very coarse almost like porcupine needles.

[@AngeliqueMariaAguiardeMiranda]

I dont know what they are doing over there, they are endemic of brazil. They shouldnt be there.

[@anthonyflinn3305]

We have some wild capybaras here in Florida obviously brought here not a native species but they have taken pretty well regardless

[@shaunvlog]

oh really? That's cool - i'll need to look out for them next time!

[@jeffhampton2767]

I find Brazil so strange. But the Amazon is AMAZING. 😊

[@MarcoAntonio-tr9kf]

Você não conhece o Brasil. Só deve ter visto algumas fotos de favelas...

[@leonardomartinez2873]

Strange? What is strange about it?

[@joao-paulo-santos2]

wait! Doesn't he know that when it's summer in the northern hemisphere it's winter in the southern hemisphere?

[@shaunvlog]

@@joao-paulo-santos2 of course I do I’ve been coming to Brazil every year for 15 years. However I’m usually in Espírito Santo where winter is warmer

[@jeffhampton2767]

There are many newer countries like Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa ect 😊

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Well....summer for Scotland is winter for Brazil....so.....yeah.....

[@fabyn1633]

Not true! In some places in Southern Brazil you can get snow on winter.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIfchGx9lr2Hnbc kzbin.info/www/bejne/ineYlqSYmJx2g7c kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5_Of3acic-fqaM kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3eui5Wbeb95q6c kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGLEeKCobM5kbpI kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnLPhZWQeM2Mn7s

[@geovana-ld3qb]

Not in some regions

[@EphemeralProductions]

They are so cute and funny :) ☺️

[@shaunvlog]

oh yeah for sure!!!

[@Rain-Peters]

I know I’m a little weird but I don’t find city skylines pretty at all. Looks so claustrophobic to this country girl lol. That pink castle with the cliff and waterfall was beautiful. Is the cliff natural or man made? I’d love to learn more about that.

[@shaunvlog]

the waterfall is man made i believe - the cliff was from a quarry i believe. a nice park in the city.

[@Rain-Peters]

@@shaunvlogthank you.

[@tatuncanara5934]

@@Rain-Peters the watterfall is inside a park called "Parque Tangua", and I recomend you to look for Jardim Botanico de Curitiba (botanical garden), Parque Tangua, Bosque Alemão and Largo da ordem (an old part of the city), and in spit of the skylines Curitiba is a greenery city and there are more than 30 parks al over the city

[@julio221-l2m]

Wellcome!

[@LindaC616]

Also, last year I taught at a private boarding school, and one of my students asked if people in South America ever ate capybara. I didn't know what to say because I had not thought about it. And 2 days later, a late night show host commented on the Pope's edict at Lent telling people they should not eat capybara. So I told my students "I guess they do, in the jungle!" and then they told me to pull up the video compilation of capybara with a Samba- Style song accompanying it

[@flavin933]

We don't eat capybaras here, and also dont touch them, we just live together, each in our own space

[@LindaC616]

@flavin933 thx...trying to figure out in which country's jungle they do, for the Pope to issue an edict

[@francescosilverio7343]

Sejam bem vindos ao Brasil🇧🇷☀️🇧🇷🌅🇧🇷🌲🕊️🇧🇷

[@DanieVargas]

Wait… you’re in Sourh America. You’re in the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. Why are your mornings SO COLD?! We’re already experiencing colder mornings HERE in the NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, in the States… my morning temps were 45F/7C. I miss my warm weather already… And as for these cute Capi-things, we used to have an adult cartoon called Space Ghost. They had a character named Speak and I think he was one of these Capibarra animals… in “real life”, these little guys look SO CUTE, but those front teeth… are they related to beavers??

[@shaunvlog]

Yeah, this was in July which is the winter in the south, but I was shocked with how cold it was! And yeah the capivaras are cute but you absolutely wouldn't want to be bitten by those chompers lol

[@LindaC616]

​@shaunvlog the first time I went to Argentina was in august years ago, and I had to change my flight from Mendoza back 2 Buenos Aires back a couple of hours because the planes had ice on the wings in the mornings, and they don't have de-icers. And I believe there was just a crash not too long ago, right? In Brazil?

[@HenriqueSouza-wr1nx]

Muitos estrangeiros acham que o Brasil não tem inverno 😅😅😅 mas tem muito lugares que chegam a 6,7,9° graus 👍

[@edsoncoldebela9042]

Como assim? Aqui na serra catarinense, no inverno chega a zero grau várias vezes

[@HenriqueSouza-wr1nx]

@@edsoncoldebela9042 Vix,🥶🥶

[@arlenesobhani8739]

Read "Cappyboppy" by the artist Bill Peet, a children's book. He reminisces about a capybara they adopted as a pet when it was little and cute, and how obnoxious it became as it grew up.

[@Rain-Peters]

Did you hear it snowed in south Africa about a week ago. Weird.

[@shaunvlog]

oh yeah i saw ! weather has gone crazy

[@neypimentel479]

Capivaras have "carrapatos"...it's dangerous!!..take care!

[@llchapman1234]

I know need to know what the Rabbits' back story is 😁

[@shaunvlog]

me too.... looking into it!

[@LindaC616]

Waiting to see answer....😅🍿 I remember at a school in Peru seeing the most pathetic mascot costume of Mickey Mouse that I have ever seen in my life. It was like Mickey took ozempic😅

[@angelojuliano3545]

Capybara? Capybara! Coconut doggy!

[@shaunvlog]

exactly :D

[@Enz0oYa]

2:18 A pararell universe 😂🤣😂🤣 there’s a lot things to discover the gringos don’t know 👍🏻✌🏻‼️

[@chrisjarvis2287]

There's a lot of Capybara in Florida

[@AngeliqueMariaAguiardeMiranda]

Yeah, thats wild life international traffick. They are endemic to brasil. They shoundt be there.

[@jeffhampton2767]

Capybaras are cool but are like giant rats 😊