Editing Capybara (section)

== In popular culture ==
[[Izu Shaboten Zoo]] and other zoos in Japan have prepared [[onsen|hot spring baths]] for capybaras.<ref name="reuters">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-capybara-idCAKBN1ZY0FY|title=Olympics and Year of the Rat give starring role to Japan's capybaras|website=[[Reuters]]|first=Sakura|last=Murakami|date=4 February 2020|accessdate=23 October 2021}}</ref> Video clips of the bathing capybaras have gained millions of views.<ref name="reuters"/> The capybaras have influenced an anime character named ''Kapibara-san'', and a series of merchandise such as [[plush toy]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/986398/how-the-capybara-the-worlds-largest-rodent-became-a-superstar-in-japan/|title=How the world's largest rodent became a superstar in Japan|website=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]|first=Isabella|last=Steger|date=19 May 2017|accessdate=23 October 2021}}</ref> 

Capybaras have long been a figure in [[Internet meme|meme culture]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Diaz |first1=Ana |title=Capybaras are taking over TikTok and we’re better for it |url=https://www.polygon.com/23620358/capybara-tiktok-meme-audio-trend |access-date=28 February 2025 |work=Polygon |date=March 2, 2023}}</ref> particularly in the 2020s.<ref name="euronewsmeme">{{cite news |last1=Mouriquand |first1=David |title=Why are capybaras systematically taking over social media? |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/12/why-are-capybaras-systematically-taking-over-social-media |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=Euro News |date=December 4, 2023}}</ref> In 2022, [[Peronists]] in Argentina presented them as figures of class struggle after the disturbances in Nordelta.<ref name=TheGuardian_20210822 /> Common meme formats pair capybaras with the song "[[After Party (song)|After Party]]" by [[Don Toliver]].<ref name="euronewsmeme"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=Sophia |date=2022-08-01 |title=Capybaras are taking over the internet |url=https://thegauntlet.ca/2022/08/01/capybaras-are-taking-over-the-internet/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=The Gauntlet |language=en-US}}</ref>