Capybaras Take Over TikTok Thanks to Catchy Song Craze

Capybaras Take Over TikTok Thanks to Catchy Song Craze

Thanks to an absurd song on TikTok, capybaras are making a major comeback. The largest rodent in the world is now controlling the popular video-sharing app TikTok. Users of the app are incorporating photographs and video of the fuzzy creatures into videos, all thanks to a new, catchy song about them. The sound has been utilized more than 384,000 times as of the time of writing, and the most popular videos have had up to 16 million views.

The Russian musician who wrote the song that started the craze is just known by her stage name, "Capybara" in Russian. It has a children's show song-like quality to it. "Ca-py-bara capybara capybara capybara capybara," the lyrics say. It's a simple little song that's really simple to sing along to.

According to the encyclopedia Britannica, capybaras are native to South America and are the biggest rodent species still alive. Though the smaller species certainly make for some adorable TikToks, the largest of the two species may reach up to 186 pounds. These are slow-moving aquatic animals that congregate in groups. These creatures have become quite well-known on the internet because to their cute brown coat, wide eyes, and laid-back demeanour.

Capybara material made its way to Tumblr, eschewing its usual habitats of marshes and woodlands, as reported by Know Your Meme. A popular Tumblr account that featured pictures of different animals resting on top of capybaras gained a lot of followers in 2013. Users could see pictures of adorable creatures like bunnies or monkeys dozing on the mammals. The animal's appeal fluctuated; at one time, a response gif known as "shocked capybara" was created from video from a BBC wildlife show. A few years later, in 2018, Katsuhito Watanabe posted recordings of the animals having a yuzu bath and vibrating, which helped the animal gain even more notoriety.

They're taking center stage once again right now. The trend is rather straightforward: users will upload adorable films and pictures of capybaras using the capybara audio and other CapCut templates. In this one, an edited-in capybara can be seen emerging out a watermelon.