These Capybara and the Nutria down South are a big concern, they are basically huge rodents and can do a lot of damage in a short amount of time. Look what is happening in the Everglades with the released snakes, its a recipe for disaster, especially as our climate chances and storms get worse. There are still a lot of Zoos and private breeders that were destroyed during the hurricanes and they haven’t found all the animals yet. Granted a large portion probably died in or shortly after the storms but with all those new species being dumped into the ecosystem I’m wondering what sorts of out of place critters we’ll be seeing once they hit a decent breeding population.

Whatever the case may be I would probably doubt my sanity if I saw either a capybara, Bigfoot, or a Goatman stroll by.

I’ve know an owner in Hemet, CA and he has a dozen of these critters. They’re very docile and comfortable around human presence.

In this day and age of Discovery Channel and whatnot, it is perhaps becoming harder for people to appreciate just how difficult it can be to take good quality photos or footage of wildlife.

Not only is there the “10 shots out of 500 that are any good” situation, but those 500 shots were often taken by trained professionals who know what they are looking for, where it will be, and how it behaves. They have often gone through great lengths to stake out locations and put in the patience to wait for just the right opportunity to take their shots.

Even knowing what they are doing, where the animal will be, and under ideal conditions, it can still difficult to get a clear shot, and you can still have only a few good ones out of many taken.

In addition, many of the nice animal photos that are clear and well posed are not even of animals in the wild, but rather under controlled, captive conditions.

Regarding the clarity of these shots, a capybara on the loose in California is most certainly an escaped exotic pet. In that case, it is most likely used to humans and this would explain why the animal seems to actively approach humans (and horses no less), remains so calm, and is so easy to approach and photograph.

And add the fear/excitement factor and the shaking hand. Yeah, that happens. I tried to get a picture of a moving great white fin once (It just appeared on a whale watch in the distance). GOT nothing! Most of the BF encounters, the supposed creature is moving and at quite a clip.

Also try doing this at night. Even a digital camera can’t focus that well.

Point being taking blurry pictures of animals is easy. Taking clear ones of ones moving is difficult. In fact it takes me about a 100 shots to get that perfect flying Bee shot. I still haven’t gotten a clear one of the birds flying at the feeder.

The average professional photographer takes 500 pictures of one subject before they find that nice 10 shots, and only two are worthy of the cover of National Geographic. Looks easy, but isn’t. So if you can convince bigfoot to stand still for you while you whip out your camera and take a picture, be my guest.

Now with that said, if Bigfoot exists, with the digital tech getting better, we might get a good moving shot with a cell phone. But it’s not on the market for the average Joe yet.

Don’t take it too serious, I’m not trolling or anything. It just made me giggle that people stumble across an out of place water-pig (that’s their common German name) and are able to snap such professional looking pictures as opposed to many of the alleged cryptids out there (not only primates), that people actively search for…