In Cuiabá, Brazil, the world's largest rodents have quietly claimed a seat — if not a vote — in the Mato Grosso state legislature. Capybaras from an adjacent park have taken to wandering through the chamber's doors with the unhurried confidence of creatures who recognize no boundary between wilderness and institution. Their visits, far from alarming, have settled into routine — a small, gentle reminder that human governance occupies land that was never exclusively ours to begin with.