At an Argentinean wildlife refuge, a capybara called Jazz has shown an amazing reaction to musical instruments. Jazz shows unusual behaviours that imply real respect of many musical genres when guests or employees perform live music, especially with string instruments. He exhibits obvious preferences, approaching the music source during classical compositions and seeming to be more animated at lively rhythms. This surprising love of music has resulted in the regular “Concerts for Capybaras” events, in which local musicians perform amid an adoring crowd supplied by Jazz and his capybara buddies. The activities have been so well-liked that they now provide educational possibilities as well as entertainment value, teaching guests about capybara behaviour and environmental enrichment sensitivity.
4. **The Swimming Instructor**
Marco, a capybara, has become an unusual swimming friend for kids overcoming their phobia of water at a rehabilitation centre in Colombia. Marco is the ideal assistance for the center’s aquatic treatment program because of his calm demeanour and natural swimming ability. Originally reluctant to swim, children found solace in seeing Marco’s assured and laid-back technique. Marco’s anxiety levels clearly dropped and his confidence in the water much raised as he swam alongside the kids. Not only have many kids benefited from this original swimming therapy strategy, but it also shows the therapeutic value of human-capybara contacts.
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