irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to guinea pigs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThey're hiding, but not very welllemm.eeimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down12
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minus-squarezr0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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-up3·1 month agoNot anymore 😬, they’re extinct in the wild.
minus-squarelnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoNo way! Wikipedia suggests montane guinea pig as a wild ancestor.
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoPiggies are extingt in the wild?!
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThere is some, as @[email protected] pointed out, but they are very different to the domesticated guinea pig.
minus-squarelnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMakes sense, you’re right.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIsn’t that kind of like saying “poodles are extinct in the wild”, when there were never wild poodles in the first place?
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.
No way!
Wikipedia suggests montane guinea pig as a wild ancestor.
Piggies are extingt in the wild?!
There is some, as @[email protected] pointed out, but they are very different to the domesticated guinea pig.
Makes sense, you’re right.
As to be expected tbh
Isn’t that kind of like saying “poodles are extinct in the wild”, when there were never wild poodles in the first place?