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Guinea Pig for sale at the local market (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Makes more sense than Guinea pigs considering they’re from the other side of the world from Guinea.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I believe Guinea in this case has a similar origin to Guiana.

[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think in this time Guinea was a name for a far away place and not necessarily the origin.

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not Guinea, but I saw guinea pigs raised for food in a village in Tanzania. The local who owned them found it hilarious that we keep them as pets in the U.S. He asked me what we call them, and after i replied guinea pig, he said they definitely don't taste like pig.