{"id":437263,"date":"2026-01-29T17:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437263\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:35:10","slug":"look-capybara-named-prune-wins-long-bath-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437263\/","title":{"rendered":"Look: Capybara named Prune wins ‘long bath showdown’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan. 28 (UPI) — A capybara bathing contest held across multiple zoos in Japan was won by a rodent — aptly named Prune — who spent 1 hour, 45 minutes and 18 seconds in the bath.<\/p>\n

Animals at multiple zoos across Japan participated in the “capybara long bath showdown,” which timed how long each capybara<\/a> willingly remained in the bath before exiting their respective tubs, and Prune was dubbed the winner at Nagasaki Bio Park.\n<\/p>\n

Koharu, a capybara at Nasu Animal Kingdom, came in second with a 1 hour, 32 minute and 17 second soak; while Truffle from Izu Shaboten Zoo finished third with a time of 1 hour, 26 minutes and 57 seconds.<\/p>\n

Hechima, a Saitama Children’s Zoo Park resident famous as the “watermelon queen” for her four consecutive titles in an annual speed eating contest, finished fourth in the bathing contest, with a time of 1 hour, 23 minutes and 6 seconds.<\/p>\n

“It was a close contest. If Hechima had held on a little longer, she could have been first,” a Saitama Children’s Zoo Park spokesperson told The Mainichi newspaper.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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