Chapter 365: Distinguishing the Sex of Baby Capybaras Is Hard Even for Keepers, Apparently…

The keeper finished replenishing the feed.

Alright. Now is the chance.

"Excuse me. Can I ask a little now?"

"Yes. That is fine."

"Thank you. I want to know how to distinguish the sex of baby capybaras... When they become adults the males have a swollen forehead so you can tell, but babies have no difference in the forehead... Besides..."

There are a lot of people so it is hard to ask...

I lower my voice a little and ask.

"Even adults, when I look at the crotch they all look female. I have never seen a cock, but are there no males?"

"Yes. That is—"

According to the keeper, a capybara’s cock is hidden inside the body.

What we thought was a pussy is not a pussy, and males have the cock inside that.

And when used the cock comes outside.

"Babies, to be frank, even we cannot tell the sex."

"Eh?"

A lie...

Right...

A zoo keeper should be the person in the world who knows capybaras best...

"We judge by looking at the crotch, but the earliest you can tell the sex is from one month after birth. Even then there are mistakes."

"Even keepers mistake..."

Even if we like capybaras, amateurs like us cannot judge.

"There are cases where a child we thought was female was male. Not at this park, but when they put a male and female together for mating and no matter how long they did not make children and thought it was strange, both were male."

Seriously... Certainly if the cock hides inside the body not knowing cannot be helped.

"Thank you for the valuable talk."

"Not at all. Having people learn about animals is also our job, so do not hesitate and ask anything."

I lowered my head to the keeper and took Lucia and Rui toward a passage with few people.

"You heard right? Male capybaras hide the cock inside a place that looks like a pussy. And babies have a small cock so it is hard to tell. Even pro keepers sometimes mistake."

"Un... What do we do. We cannot tell the sex of our children..."

"You are like a god who governs capybaras and you cannot ask?"

"For various reasons it is hard to ask gods related to animals..."

"I see. ...Well whether male or female we just have to cherish them the same, so let us not mind. Let us give Capybara-sama’s children names that seem to work for either."

"Un."

"Alright. There are animals I want to show. Around noon people will decrease so let us eat early and at 12:00 look at animals."

"Nn."

So we headed to the restaurant inside the park.

A set menu centered on panda-like onigiri and capybara-like hamburg seems the most popular. The hamburg overlaps with breakfast but shall we do this. Since we came to the zoo, zoo-like is better.

Because she will eat if I do aahn, I did aahn to Lucia.

Rui also firmly photographed that scene.

Then while drinking a soft drink and looking at the capybaras photographed earlier on Rui’s smartphone it became 12:00.

"Alright. Everyone comes to eat lunch so the places with animals should empty. Let us go to the next place."

"Got it."

"I will piggyback and take you so when we leave the restaurant Lucia close your eyes."

"...Masaharu, what are you plotting?"

"Just. Come."

"Got it."

When we left the restaurant I piggybacked Lucia and while stroking her ass moved to the destination.

"Masaharu-san. There are eyes so restrain that hand use."

Because Rui warned me I stopped playing around the anus.

"Alright. Arrived. Lucia. Do not open your eyes yet. Rui. Take the wallet from my ass pocket and buy feed."

"I will pay."

"Just! Take the wallet from my ass pocket!"

"You want me to touch your ass?"

"That is so...!"

"Good grief. It cannot be helped..."

"Good. Put your fingers deeper...! Like stirring the depths! Nn, the fingers are in to the depths!"

"Masaharu-san. Do you truly understand this is Japan?"

Rui took the wallet from my ass pocket and bought feed.

Then she put the wallet back into the depths of the ass pocket.

I lowered Lucia and made her grip a carrot.

The creature had been watching where Rui bought feed and approached.

"Alright. Open your eyes."

"Un. ...! What is this! A weird capybara!"

"Lucia. This is a beaver! Look, look at the ass."

"There is a huge tail! This is a beaver...! It resembles a capybara but somehow different!"

"Come. Give the carrot."

"Un. ...It stood! The beaver stood!"

"Truly. They stand. I did not know this either."

Capybaras also stand up but unless they grab something with the front feet they cannot stand on their own forever.

But the beaver, perhaps balancing with the large tail, stands alone without grabbing anything.

"It grabbed the carrot!"

"Amazing. Dexterous... Stands and grabs, is this truly a relative of mice..."

The beaver grabbed the carrot with both hands, turned its back to us, and started walking on only the hind feet while standing.

"It is going somewhere!"

"Let us slowly follow. No, seriously amazing. It can carry things."

When we followed, the beaver that moved to a corner of the exhibition area entered a gap in a small mountain of wood piled messily.

"What is this!"

"What is it."

While we were puzzled Rui looked at her smartphone and told us.

"Etto... A beaver nest. Beavers pick up and gather tree branches and make nests by the water. They are said to be the only living things besides humans that remake the surrounding environment for living. ...The largest dam a beaver made is apparently 850 meters long. Visible even from space, and it was also in 1990s satellite photos."

"Amazing, beavers... Space level..."

"I want to see nutria too!"

"That is so. Whether this zoo has them, let us check on the information board."

"Ah... Masaharu-san..."

Rui pulled my hem in a small voice. It was very much a feeling of wanting to whisper so I lowered my hips.

"What is it?"

"Etto... Please wait a little."

I expected a little she would whisper by my ear, but Rui played with her smartphone.

And the screen she showed me said "feral nutria are designated pests."

They live wild in rivers of warm regions and apparently damage riverside fields and cause trouble.

Naturally because they are pests they are not in the zoo.

Depending on the region they capture and dispose of them.

Such... Even though they are cute...

Even though there is no big difference in appearance from the other mice...

Ku... Let us hide the sad fact.

"Lucia. Unfortunately nutria do not seem to be in the zoo. They are living happily in nature."

"I see..."

"Look. Lucia-chan. There are photos."

"Waa. Cute! They resemble capybaras and beavers! But the eyes are goggling!"

That is so. They resemble.

One side a zoo favorite, the other side treated as a pest.

Sad...