What do capybara's eat?

A capybara eats between 3% to 4% of its body weight every day, which is approximately six to eight pounds. That's eight pounds of:

• Aquatic plants
• Sedges
• Grasses
• Crowngrass
• Switchgrass
• Bermuda grass
• Hay
• Bark
• Plant roots
• Reeds

One interesting fact about capybaras is they will eat their own poop. While this might sound distasteful to a human, its actually quite beneficial to capybaras! Their feces are rich in protein. While capybaras have a specialized stomach to digest many of the grasses they eat, there’s still plenty of nutrients to be absorbed by eating their feces and giving the prior day’s meal a a second digestion!