"If you can cover my expenses...." Those six little words were the reason I was staring at a small river in the Llanos savannah in Venezuela, wondering what might eat me. Let me go back a few months to when I met with Beth, a graduate student who wasleaving to work with capybaras in Venezuela. Capybaras are the world's largest rodents. They look like giant guinea pigs that can weigh up to 150 lb.
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