Nose, eyes and ears, all at the same height, high on the head: it helps them to walk in the water, as they like; but also to give them that inquisitive air, that way of investigating whoever looks at it, a certain intellectual weight. Every time I come across a capybara I hold his gaze, we scrutinize each other. I hope none of them ever talk to me.

 

Capybara, from the Guarani "lord of the grass".