ZOOVIEWS is Friends of High Park Zoo’s live speaker series with the ability to ask questions of an expert!
Join on Saturday, May 15 at 9:00am EST, along with animal expert Dr. Emilio A. Herrera Perez to learn more about capybaras.
This talk will be about the capybara – its size, some general characteristics such as precociality, diet and social system.
In 1986, Dr. Herrera Perez obtained a PhD from Oxford University (or D.Phil. as they call it there) working on the behaviour of capybaras. After that he became a professor at Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB) in Caracas, Venezuela, where he stayed until his retirement a few years ago. Dr. Herrera Perez’s interest in research is to look at behaviour in the light of evolution, focusing on capybaras: how group living, mating behaviour, social hierarchy, cooperation and altruism (if present) are relevant to the survival and reproductive success of individuals. He has some 50 publications on those topics!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71979053556?pwd=VytLdS9OaE03dE1FU0FOZnhRRFMvdz09
Meeting ID: 719 7905 3556
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