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			== Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2024 ==
	== Why guinea pigs are called "guinea pigs" ==

	One theory as to why guinea pigs are named guinea pigs is that you could buy them as pets in England for a "Guinea"(a type of coin) and that they move/sound like pigs. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 20:47, 20 May 2022 (UTC)</span> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	:"A common misconception is that they were so named because they were sold for the price of a guinea coin. This hypothesis is untenable, because the guinea was first struck in England in 1663, and William Harvey used the term "Ginny-pig" as early as 1653." - in the current version of the article. ] (]) 01:48, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

	== Dedicating entire rooms to Guinea pigs ==

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	Dont know how to use wiki, but there is a youtube channel calle The Pig Room in which the owner litterally has dedicated a room to thier Guinea Pigs, it can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePigRoom is that enough to resolve the citation needed thing in the living environment chapter? <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 22:06, 25 May 2022 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	~~:Sadly,~~ ~~no,~~ ~~we'd~~ ~~need~~ a ~~source that conforms~~ to ~~the ] guideline. A YouTube link of that sort~~ ~~would~~ be a ~~primary~~ ~~source.~~ ] (]) 00:42, 26 ~~May~~ ~~2022~~ (UTC)		Change "animal must have been introduced" to "guinea pigs may have been introduced" ] (]) 07:29, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

			{{done}}<!-- Template:ESp --> ] (]) 18:52, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
	Although it is a phenomenon that I have bore witness to multiple times on the Internet, I don’t see mentioning it as some type of critical component to the care process. ] (]) 15:22, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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