Trivia

Guinea Pigs:

• they don’t swim and they don’t like water,
• can keep their eyes open while sleeping,
• they are most active during the day, but they also like to take short naps then,
• mostly they eat hay and herbs,
• in their natural environment, they live in herds of one male and up to a dozen females,
• have teeth that are constantly growing and grinding them while eating dry food and hay,
• their front feet have 3 fingers and their rear feet 4.
• their fur consists of 5 different types of hair,
• they can run as early as 3 hours after birth,
• they get along with rabbits in the short term, but a common cage is not recommended, however,
• among the rabbits, they start to imitate them jumpingly,
• they are used as laboratory animals for experiments and research.
• the oldest guinea pig lived 15 years. This age became a Guinness Record and was entered in the Book.
• the happy hopping of pigs is popcorning.