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- A male guinea pig is known as a boar and a female is known as a sow.
- Guinea pigs are happy when they purr.
- They have constantly growing teeth which means they need to be worn down by eating things like hay.
- Guinea pigs are often known as cavies which comes from their scientific name cavia porcellus which is Latin for little pig.
- They have 4 toes on their front feet and 3 toes on their back feet.
- Guinea pigs live for around 4-8 years.
- They have very sensitive ears and hate noise.
- Since guinea pigs have high body temperatures they can’t be in any great heat for too long.
- Guinea pigs love being petted under their chins.
- Guinea pigs have poor vision but then can see all 360 degrees around them
