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September 04, 2005
Capybaras, Venezuela, 1976Photograph by Robert W. Madden The capybara, the world's largest rodent, can weigh up to a hundred pounds (45.3 kilograms) and resembles a miniature hippopotamus. Its partially webbed feet help it swim and dive. (Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Venezuela's Crisis of Wealth," August 1976, National Geographic magazine)
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