
Capybara
The world's chillest giant rodent.
Capybara vs Alligator
Tonight's science rumble is set in the picnic meadow, sandwiches evacuated. No snacks were harmed.
Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Capybaras are the largest rodents on Earth.
Grasses and water plants. They graze like tiny, sociable hippos.
Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Alligators bellow in spring; the water around them actually dances.
Fish, turtles, birds, mammals — swamp buffet, all you can chomp.
Who do YOU think wins?

Alligator
A living log with a U-shaped grin.