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The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium and its visitors are mourning the loss of a "guest favorite" capybara. Ripple, a 12-year-old capybara who arrived to the zoo in 2017, had to be euthanized on Dec. 29.

If a hamster and a pig had a baby, you'd get something that looked a lot like a capybara. These unusual ... while most of ...