The Tick, animated series. Speak is a large, mangy capybara that was a character on the show. He would speak to the Tick with a cultured Oxford accent, typically after the Tick was hit on the head really hard or otherwise suffering hallucinations. Thus the moniker "Speak".
Hrm. A quick wiki search for "capybara flavor" turns up that they're pretty decent and considered a delicacy. Be served with rice and fried plantains, they're a sweet white meat that is very similar to pork. Given my aversions to pork, that kinda rules them out for me as a regular item. Though I'd make an exception if the chance arose... just on principle if nothing else. For science or something... :-p
well, I can think of one person who wouldn't have the same reaction. My mother would be like, "OO! where's a shotgun...gotta get them while they're young!"
Though basically, Capybaras are my mom's worst rodent nightmare.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2009-04-28 10:17 pm (UTC)(It's a Tick reference, just in case...)
no subject
Date: 2009-04-28 10:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-29 05:18 am (UTC)The Tick, animated series. Speak is a large, mangy capybara that was a character on the show. He would speak to the Tick with a cultured Oxford accent, typically after the Tick was hit on the head really hard or otherwise suffering hallucinations. Thus the moniker "Speak".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_(The_Tick)
We may need to edumacate you guys on the joys of The Tick...
no subject
Date: 2009-04-28 10:38 pm (UTC)I <3 Capybaras!
no subject
Date: 2009-04-28 10:43 pm (UTC)My dad tells stories of how they'd be the first thing I wanted to see at the San Francisco zoo. And they were at the very back...
no subject
Date: 2009-04-28 11:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-29 05:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-29 03:28 pm (UTC)*droooool*
no subject
Date: 2009-04-29 05:36 pm (UTC)Though basically, Capybaras are my mom's worst rodent nightmare.