The lyrics go, “Ca-py-bara capybara ... sleeping on the mammals. The animal’s popularity ebbed and flowed — at one point footage from a BBC nature documentary became a popular reaction gif ...

There is a viral capybara song, hugely popular TikToks of capybaras soaking and eating giant yuzu in Japanese onsens, and countless memes and GIFs. (My husband is a fourth-grade teacher and says ...