Posted By Maria Briceno on Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:05 AM click to enlarge Image via Gatorland Gatorland s capybara brothers Ben and Jerry have grown a lot since arriving at the park last October. The brothers currently tip the scales at 50 pounds and need a bigger home. Gatorland just announced that they will be moving the aquatic rodents from the Barnyard Petting Zoo to a new home at the park s Flamingo Island. Since the brothers are now 50 pounds each, they are ready for the adult life, but are still expected to grow another 10 to 20 pounds according to Danielle Lucas, Director of Animal Care at Gatorland.
water, that is true. there is a really bad weed problem. hippos and capybaras are more of an april fool s situation. but that april fool did run in the california water blog today. and i forgive them. because this was a day that honestly in california they needed some magical lightness of imaginary botswana hippos swimming around in the port of stockton. you can forgive them for trying to find something funny in this situation, because today things got really really real in california on the issue of water. they ve done something they ve never done before. today is the last day of california s traditional snow season, april 1st. every year it s the day they measure how much is in the california snow pack. it has huge implications of how much water is available for everything the state uses water for. today, every year, on april 1st, the day they measure, it turns out this year was worse than anybody dreamed. snow pack statewide came in this year at 5% of normal. not 5% below normal, bu