We have no idea why capybara's appear cute to us and rats horrify us to our core, both are rodents after all, but sure look, here we all are.
On last night's Planet Earth II on BBC1, there was one capybara in particular that caught people's eye. This dude was just hanging out by the river bank when suddenly he saw a brutal murder take place in front of his eyes, as a jaguar mercilessly killed a caiman alligator.
Watch below;
#planetearth2 "Mother of god!" #capybara pic.twitter.com/5CQW0OFEuF
— Jodie Eastwood (@Jodie_Eastwood) November 20, 2016
The internet couldn't help but be quite taken with our capybara friend;
That Jaguar eating the Caiman was amazing #planetearth2 pic.twitter.com/uKQNdWVHrh
— Connor McNamara (@connormcnamara7) November 20, 2016
Capybara reacts to the Jaguar VS Crocodile fight #planetearth2 pic.twitter.com/NPXtg1t7n3
— Michael Kelly (@mjkkelly1973) November 20, 2016
Open-mouthed capybara watching that jaguar carry off a cayman like "Shiiiiiiiit" #planetearth2
— Emma Dunn (@Soulgirl32) November 20, 2016
That shocked capybara is all of us #planetearth2
— ALIENS ARE REAL (@NaomiFJones) November 20, 2016