How the Capybara Won Our Heart卡皮巴拉为何讨人喜欢

A little while back， I met a capybara， the world’s largest rodent1， for a coffee-and-carrot date at a café in Tokyo. This has become a ritual when I visit the city. I sat on a couch next to Pisuke， who stared ahead with the two eyes perched atop his enormous head connected to his coconut-shaped body， generating what seemed like friendliness and calm across the room， which was filled with his equally substantial brother Kohaku and about ten human admirers from around the world. I stroked his straw-like fur and the pinkish skin beneath， thick as sailcloth. His ears looked like morel mushrooms， and sometimes they would twitch， to the delight of my fellow human visitors. I scratched under his chin， and he half closed his eyes and lifted up his head to give me better access to this source of pleasure.

不久前，我在东京的一家咖啡馆里，和世界上最大的啮齿动物——卡皮巴拉有了一次“咖啡胡萝卜之约”。（剩余7391字）