Animal versus animal

This week, an evil zoogoer released a large python in the Budapest Zoo killing three Kea parrots. Like any good Hungarian zoo, the Budapest Zoo owns a few pythons but couldn't find a microchip in the identified killer.

Kea parrots are native to New Zealand and are rumored to attack sheep, although this New Zealand folk lore has never been confirmed. They are one of the less colorful of the parrot family, but are supposed to be quite playful when they aren't shredding things in their sharp beaks.

In other zoo news, the only capybara at the Northwest Florida zoo was killed by a resident hippopotamus. This is the same zoo that suffered the death of a baby hippopotamus last month.

The hippo bit the capybara on the "rear end" and "stomach area" according to zookeeper Gus Mueller. The cause of the fight was unknown by press time.

The capybara is the king of the rodent family. Native to the Amazon, the capybara is the largest rodent and its name comes from a tribal word for "master of the grasslands."

The capybara is eaten frequently during lent in Venezuela, as the catholic church ruled that its meat is similar to fish and passable during the religious fast. Despite this religious claim, the capybara is not a fish, although they can dive underwater and sleep mostly submerged.