I recentley got myself a Guinea pig she is a sweet little Cavy and is cute to high heaven. Before purchasing my dear rodent freind I did a fair amount of research and I discovered some pretty funny things about wild Guinea Pigs (native to what is now Peru) A.K.A. “Cui.” For one thing, Cui are slow, which is odd because many prey animals like Guinea Pigs at least have speed or agility working for them, but not the Cui. Next, Guinea Pigs are plump, generally delicious (to carnivorous animals) little creatures are literally just scurrying around wating to be devoured. I can picture the scene now, a Peruvian Hound returns to his den, with many a Guinea pig held in its jaws, (suspend your disbelief now) its pups say “Awww, dad, Guinea pig again!” And of course, even though they might thrive in the wild the are cute so we keep them as pets, if we didn’t they’d be extinct.
