Unlikely Animals Snuggling Together At The Denver Zoo Have Melted The Internet With Their Cuteness

Unlikely Animals Snuggling Together At The Denver Zoo Have Melted The Internet With Their Cuteness

Unlikely Animals Snuggling Together At The Denver Zoo Have Melted The Internet With Their Cuteness Capybara and howler monkey snuggling –Courtesy of the Denver Zoo We could all learn a few things from the animal world. This week’s lesson comes courtesy of a capybara and a howler monkey, two animals you would not expect to see together in close contact in the wild. The world’s largest rodent, capybaras are typically found in marshy grasslands and swamps. Howler monkeys spend most of their time in trees, living in the dense canopies of the Central and South American forests. But captivity in the Denver Zoo has given this unlikely pair a chance to get acquainted. ‘Baya’, the 16-year-old monkey was visited by 6-year-old ‘Rebecca’ of the very docile capybara species. The two, in real life, share geographic locations in the southern hemisphere. Currently, a Denver Zoo exhibit features Baya and Rebecca as the only females in an enclosure filled with other male animals, so, the females have looked …