Not all spectators at the Rio Olympic golf events bought a ticket: the course regularly hosts capybaras.
The large, 100-plus pound rodents are native to South America and are regular visitors to the golf course.
They’re popular with some of the players too: Sergio Garcia of Spain and Bernd Wiesberger of Austria were spotted taking pictures of a rodent near the 5th hole during a practice run.
The capybaras might be attracted by the water features, as they’re semi-aquatic mammals. The golf course was also built on their turf – in the Marapendi Nature Reserve – so you might say it’s the golfers who are visiting them.
And as Toronto residents recently learned, it’s hard to keep capybaras from going wherever they want. When two escaped from the High Park Zoo, it took weeks to recapture them.
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