• F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      100 pounds? Capybaras aren’t anywhere near the size of my other examples. But I’d stay out of the water with a manatee. I don’t think a manatee would care about my existence, but I’d be fine with petting one while I’m on a boat and it’s in the water.

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        1 day ago

        Yeah that’s the only thing that would keep me from swimming with on. Also that I hate swimming in murky water, reeds, or sea weed.

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          48 minutes ago

          They’re cool to swim with! Water’s plenty clear where they hang. Ex-gf was a diver and had a side hustle taking people swimming with manatees near the warm springs where they post up for the winter.

          They’ll come right up on you! You just can’t touch them. She even got a pic of a newborn! Like, a few minutes old newborn!