Toronto’s most famous giant rodents are now proud parents.The High Park Zoo capybaras have welcomed three bouncing capy-babies.Born on Feb. 23, the wee critters are the first offspring for the pair, dubbed Bonnie and Clyde, since they moved to the zoo.With a gestation period of four to five months, the litter was conceived at home — not while the pair was famously on the lam.The couple broke free from the west-end zoo last spring, roaming the city for weeks before eventually returning home.Read more: Friends of High Park Zoo fundraises for new capybara enclosureBehind the scenes of Toronto’s $15,000 capybara caperCapybara captured: runaway rodent safe at High Park ZooMonths after Toronto’s fugitive capybaras were captured, critters retain ‘folk hero’ status.Now settled back into their pen for the foreseeable future, mother and babies are healthy and happy. The pups have been kept mostly indoors since the blessed event, and the new family won’t be taking visitors just yet.“They’re South American and they’re babies, so they need to stay inside,” said city spokesperson Megan Price.Once the weather warms up, the clan will have a proper introduction to the community, said Coun. Mary-Margaret McMahon.Chair of the parks and environment committee, she said she wasn’t aware of the pregnancy until she got news of the birth a few days ago. (Zoo staff were also in the dark, making the birth a surprise for all.)“I wasn’t a doula or anything,” she joked, adding she expects the entire city will be “very excited,” as she was.“They’re the most famous babies (at the zoo),” she said. “Not to show favouritism, but this year we’re showing favouritism to the capybaras.”The little creatures don’t have names yet (and their gender won’t be clear until they are older), but the public will be invited to suggest ideas ...
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