irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to guinea pigs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoThey're hiding, but not very welllemm.eeimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down12
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minus-squarezr0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 days agoI was always amazed by how utterly stupid an organism can be. And that thing survives somehow in nature.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoNot anymore 😬, they’re extinct in the wild.
minus-squareGoldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoPiggies are extingt in the wild?!
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoThere is some, as @lnxtx@feddit.nl pointed out, but they are very different to the domesticated guinea pig.
minus-squarelnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoMakes sense, you’re right.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoIsn’t that kind of like saying “poodles are extinct in the wild”, when there were never wild poodles in the first place?
minus-squarelnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoNo way! Wikipedia suggests montane guinea pig as a wild ancestor.
I was always amazed by how utterly stupid an organism can be. And that thing survives somehow in nature.
Not anymore 😬, they’re extinct in the wild.
Piggies are extingt in the wild?!
There is some, as @lnxtx@feddit.nl pointed out, but they are very different to the domesticated guinea pig.
As to be expected tbh
Makes sense, you’re right.
Isn’t that kind of like saying “poodles are extinct in the wild”, when there were never wild poodles in the first place?
No way!
Wikipedia suggests montane guinea pig as a wild ancestor.