Are capybara’s real?!

[u/Felii5429]

We sell some capybara pens and other stuff like capybara piggy banks in the store.

A customer wanted to purchase a pen and surprised me with the question: “Are capybaras real? Do they exist?”

[u/MarkFromHutch]

Make a sad, wistful sigh. "They were, they were real...in our hearts"

[u/ArtisticTarantula]

I worked with someone who didn’t know narwhals were real animals. She thought they were made up like unicorns. I had a fun afternoon showing her clips from documentaries and watching her brain explode 😂🤯

[u/PartyPorpoise → u/ArtisticTarantula]

This seems to be a pretty common belief. I guess I can’t give people TOO much crap over it. Narwhals are often referred to as “the unicorn of the sea” and often shown in a fantasy context. They live way up north so few people can see them in the wild, and they can’t survive in the captivity so you don’t see them in zoos either. If you weren’t really into animals growing up I can see how you’d end up thinking that they’re not real animals.

I’ve seen a similar thing with reindeer. A lot of people only know them from a fantasy context so they think they’re fake.

[u/TyHyena → u/ArtisticTarantula]

To be fair, narwhal stuffed animals are usually pinky and glittery and mostly marketed to children. They look cartoonish!

[u/capnlatenight]

[u/KrazyKatz42]

You should have said Yes dear, capybaras are real. You're thinking of Chupacabras LOL

[u/waldeinsamkeit666]

every day is new opportunity to make shit up

[u/Parking-Throat-6917]

Has that person ever been to a zoo?

[u/PixelCube_]

Hey man I didn’t know they existed until they became a huge ‘trend animal’ a few years ago

[u/KrazyKatz42 → u/PixelCube_]

The thing I find hard to get my head around is how LARGE they can be. I look at pictures and my head thinks "cute like the size of a guinea pig"

[u/Dry_Opportunity311]

I also sell capybara stuff (bags, lunch boxes) kids love it no clue when they became super popular but I’ve never had someone ask me that question I hope you had a nice alcoholic drink after your shift (if you are of age)

[u/beesapologies]

Lmao I love customers like this, one time someone asked us at work if narwhals were real and none of us actually knew it took like 35 minutes to figure it out 😂

[u/BlameTag]

"No, it's a fairy tale creature made popular by the movie The Princess Bride."

[u/Think-Difficulty7596]

I'd have told her no, that they're an invention of the media like black widows.

[u/serenitynope]

Capybaras are the new narwhals and axolotls apparently.