Agouti facts: tougher than nuts! | Animal Fact Files HD

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a south american rodent who looks like a cross between a capybara and a guinea pig! ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- Image and Video Credits: Thore Noernberg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH3NGdU4K_U thecrazycuban - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML0EPLabbhY Threatened Taxa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LknKYWvgHek musicworld555 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQw7wZr8-Nk Xavier Gamboa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCRBLkdaH-s Jens Rentmeister - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gQ1WaEVl2E Leo Jimenez - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIO4Ztf3EaA Katja Schulz - https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/6816005045 ryanacandee - https://www.flickr.com/photos/31267353@N03/41745680340 Brian Gratwicke - https://www.flickr.com/photos/19731486@N07/4085970666 Mistvan - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dasyprocta.leporina-03-ZOO.Dvur.Kralove.jpg Haplochromis - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dasyprocta_fuliginosa.JPG Postdlf - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dasyprocta_leporina_in_Dominica-2011_11_05_0161.jpg Iveraldo Luiz Athanazio - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cutia_(Dasyprocta_azaroe)_-_Guarapuava_-_PR_-_03-08-15_(19).jpg Brian Gratwicke - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/272481 Don Loarie - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/32607202 Leonel Roget - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/33449938 Jonathan Eisan - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/38099080 flood-mix - https://freesound.org/people/flood-mix/sounds/413323** Research Credits: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5240/SCtZ-0257-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2 https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dasyproctidae https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/agouti https://www.britannica.com/animal/agouti https://books.google.com/books?id=kMxjL_xRkC4C https://books.google.com/books?id=aBEbUaXTWYAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acouchi http://www.doggenetics.co.uk/tan.html#agouti