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Though the guinea pigs look hostile and dangerous, they are actually very friendly. Piggy Pantalones enjoys hiding in people's hair.

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  • Guinea pigs
  • Guinea Pigs
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  • Though the guinea pigs look hostile and dangerous, they are actually very friendly. Piggy Pantalones enjoys hiding in people's hair.
  • "Guinea Pigs" was the fifteenth episode in the first season of Star Trek: Phoenix-X.
  • The New Guinea Pigs or Guiena Pigs as they are called, are a tribe of taking guiena pigs that encountered Sam and Max in the third episode, entitled Max's Big Day.
  • The guinea pig (also commonly called the Cavy after its scientific name, Cavia porcellus) is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not pigs, nor do they come from Guinea. They originated in the Andes, and studies based on biochemistry and hybridization suggest they are domesticated descendants of a closely related species of cavy such as Cavia aperea, C. fulgida or C. tschudii, and therefore do not exist naturally in the wild. The guinea pig plays an important role in the folk culture of many Indigenous South American groups, especially as a food source, but also in folk medicine and in community religious ceremonies. Since the 1960s, efforts have been made to increase consumption of the animal outside South A
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  • 1(xsd:integer)
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  • 15(xsd:integer)
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  • 1999(xsd:integer)
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  • 52778(xsd:integer)
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  • PNX
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  • DOM
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  • Domestic Guinea Pig
  • Guinea Pigs
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  • Rodentia
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  • C. porcellus
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  • Cavia
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  • PNX023_E015NN
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  • Cavia porcellus
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  • Cavia anolaimae
  • Cavia cobaya
  • Cavia cutleri
  • Cavia leucopyga
  • Cavia longipilis
  • Mus porcellus
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  • 300(xsd:integer)
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  • Mammalia
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Writer
  • DL / Hawku
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  • Animalia
Year
  • 2375(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • Though the guinea pigs look hostile and dangerous, they are actually very friendly. Piggy Pantalones enjoys hiding in people's hair.
  • "Guinea Pigs" was the fifteenth episode in the first season of Star Trek: Phoenix-X.
  • The guinea pig (also commonly called the Cavy after its scientific name, Cavia porcellus) is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not pigs, nor do they come from Guinea. They originated in the Andes, and studies based on biochemistry and hybridization suggest they are domesticated descendants of a closely related species of cavy such as Cavia aperea, C. fulgida or C. tschudii, and therefore do not exist naturally in the wild. The guinea pig plays an important role in the folk culture of many Indigenous South American groups, especially as a food source, but also in folk medicine and in community religious ceremonies. Since the 1960s, efforts have been made to increase consumption of the animal outside South America. In Western societies, the guinea pig has enjoyed widespread popularity as a household pet since its introduction by European traders in the 16th century. Their docile nature, their responsiveness to handling and feeding, and the relative ease of caring for them, continue to make the guinea pig a popular pet. Organizations devoted to competitive breeding of guinea pigs have been formed worldwide, and many specialized breeds of guinea pig, with varying coat colors and compositions, are cultivated by breeders. Guinea pig is also used as a metaphor in English for a subject of experimentation; this usage became common in the first half of the 20th century. Biological experimentation on guinea pigs has been carried out since the 17th century; the animals were frequently used as a model organism in the 19th and 20th centuries, but have since been largely replaced by other rodents such as mice and rats. They are still used in research, primarily as models for human medical conditions such as juvenile diabetes, tuberculosis, scurvy, and pregnancy complications.
  • The New Guinea Pigs or Guiena Pigs as they are called, are a tribe of taking guiena pigs that encountered Sam and Max in the third episode, entitled Max's Big Day.
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