irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to guinea pigs@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoThey're hiding, but not very welli.postimg.ccimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11
arrow-up1123arrow-down1imageThey're hiding, but not very welli.postimg.ccirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to guinea pigs@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoNot anymore 😬, they’re extinct in the wild.
minus-squarelnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoNo way! Wikipedia suggests montane guinea pig as a wild ancestor.
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoPiggies are extingt in the wild?!
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoThere is some, as @lnxtx@feddit.nl pointed out, but they are very different to the domesticated guinea pig.
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoAs to be expected tbh
minus-squarelnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoMakes sense, you’re right.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoIsn’t that kind of like saying “poodles are extinct in the wild”, when there were never wild poodles in the first place?
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 @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?