I’ve held a full grown Patagonian Mara before. Not something I thought I’d ever experience in my life honestly but one of my favorite moments in my life. They aren’t exactly soft but also the one I held was pretty tame/calm & collected. It was like holding a cat pretty much if anything, lol.
Convergent Evolution is a lot more common than people think. South America had Meridiungulatans. They were a sister taxon to modern ungulates. They evolved animals that resembled elephants, giant tapirs, rhinos, horses, hares, and chalicotheres to name a few.
I've never seen a mara in real life but when i was a child and read my collection of zoo life books i loved reading about the mara along with the other south american wild life
I was trying to research the meaning of my name and there are a lot, from "bitter" to "cheerful" to "sea" to "goddess of death" to "demon" to "penis"... and now an animal counterpart... looks like mara means a combination of this and that.. just like how these animals look like rabbit x dear.. 🐇🐐
A rodent that looks like a small deer? Convergent evolution will do that on an island continent whose animals.with few exceptions are found nowhere else. South America is still a lot like Australia, thanks to the Andes.
Looks like a rabbit and capybara made a baby 🤔
It looks like a rabbit x deer ... The babies are so adorable💖
I’ve held a full grown Patagonian Mara before. Not something I thought I’d ever experience in my life honestly but one of my favorite moments in my life. They aren’t exactly soft but also the one I held was pretty tame/calm & collected. It was like holding a cat pretty much if anything, lol.
Cool experience 😎
These guys look like some kind of evolutionary transitional form, like the Eohippus of a hypothetical future clade of rodent-horses 😂
Convergent Evolution is a lot more common than people think.
South America had Meridiungulatans. They were a sister taxon to modern ungulates. They evolved animals that resembled elephants, giant tapirs, rhinos, horses, hares, and chalicotheres to name a few.
I saw a couple today at the zoo. Alien rabbits. I was surprized!
Probably the San Diego Zoo.
@@aaronromano261 Monaco, actually :)
@@redlander55 Oh wow! Didn't think these things were so well-travelled! Three (or more) continents!
they make good pets and can be owned they cost 1800$
I've never seen a mara in real life but when i was a child and read my collection of zoo life books i loved reading about the mara along with the other south american wild life
I was trying to research the meaning of my name and there are a lot, from "bitter" to "cheerful" to "sea" to "goddess of death" to "demon" to "penis"... and now an animal counterpart... looks like mara means a combination of this and that.. just like how these animals look like rabbit x dear.. 🐇🐐
If somebody gave a Guinea Pig the legs of a Deer or Jackrabbit, this would be the result.
Similarities to Jackrabbits
SMT fans: "Hey, I've seen this one! It's a classic!"
Isn't this the Animal that shoots NUT when aggravated? 😂
It's like a deer-rodent.
Cat Of Autumn like ur mom
@@ThaGreatest89 Wow, u are funny :)
Cat Of Autumn I try 🤷🏽♂️
@@ThaGreatest89 the 2000s called they want their jokes back.
A chihuahua bunny
These have replaced the manatee as my favorite critter.
*psssstt*
the title says land _unkown_
And. It means it's not been studied often.
Capybara deer
It’s a rabbit
You ugly
A rodent that looks like a small deer? Convergent evolution will do that on an island continent whose animals.with few exceptions are found nowhere else. South America is still a lot like Australia, thanks to the Andes.
Taste like chicken?