9. Interspecies Relationships
Particularly with birds, capybaras have evolved amazing partnerships with other species in their habitat. They show a sophisticated kind of mutualism by routinely letting some bird species sit on them and eat parasites from their fur. These interactions go beyond basic housekeeping since capybaras have been shown reacting to bird alarms and changing their behavior. Often acting as sentinel species depending on other animals for predator detection, they also exhibit unusual tolerance towards other mammals sharing their environment.
