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Capybaras take their turn as the holiday season's 'it' animal

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75% Informative

Trendy animals and animal-like creatures aren’t a new retail phenomenon; think Teddy Ruxpin toys of the 1980s or Furby and Beanie Babies a decade later .

Industry experts say social media is amplifying which animals are hot — or not.

In the first nine months of this year , sales of plush animals were up 115% from the same period in 2019 .

A Build-A-Bear holiday capybara with red and green sprinkles on its fur dubbed a “cookiebara” has already sold out, she said. ___ Durbin reported from Detroit . Crawford reported from Lake Zurich , Ill ..

VR Score

69

Informative language

62

Neutral language

72

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

39

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1

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