Wild Guinea pigs
Well, several different species of Guinea pigs are still to be found in South America.
They travel in packs around the wild. These Guinea pigs are dependent on grass for
both food and shelter, for the grass is long
and are protected by the over hanging stems.
They can be attacked by larger maet-eating
creatures, so they hide very quickly when
they sense that somethings around.
Young Guinea pigs are not born in a safe
burrow, but in the open, so they must be
able to look after themselves almost as
soon as they are born. Two days after being
born they start eating the same food as their
parents.
Before the Spanish conquest of South America
in the sixteenth century the incas kept these
animals for food, and even today the Peruvians
breed them for their meat!
They travel in packs around the wild. These Guinea pigs are dependent on grass for
both food and shelter, for the grass is long and are protected by the over hanging stems.
They can be attacked by larger maet-eating
creatures, so they hide very quickly when
they sense that somethings around.
Young Guinea pigs are not born in a safe
burrow, but in the open, so they must be
able to look after themselves almost as
soon as they are born. Two days after being
born they start eating the same food as their
parents.
Before the Spanish conquest of South America
in the sixteenth century the incas kept these
animals for food, and even today the Peruvians
breed them for their meat!