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S. and I often like to contemplate the following question: What animal would you like to have in a tame, one- to two-inch version, hanging out on your desk today? You can have a little habitat for it, too, if you like. You might choose, for example, a little puddle-pond for your desk hippo or a patch of sod for your desk sheep.
Recently I have found myself often opting for capybaras; they're so noble. They are also apparently quite good-natured. (While we generally assume that desk animals are tame, they are not completely domesticated; a desk rhino, for example, is going to be a little bit on the aggressive side and a desk squirrel is going to be kind of... squirrelly.) It might seem a little deranged to select a miniature version of an animal that is mainly famous for being the largest species of its order, but the capybara clearly has much more to offer than mere size.
Just look at that appealing posture! Not to mention the impressive symmetry of eyes and nostrils. Also, sometimes they hang out in the bottom of canoes.
