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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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dani Wytte (talk • contribs) 20:47, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

"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. Chubbles (talk) 01:48, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Dedicating entire rooms to Guinea pigs

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? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1C00:F1C:5800:39B9:BD21:78A1:95A4 (talk) 22:06, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Sadly, no, we'd need a source that conforms to the reliable sources guideline. A YouTube link of that sort would be a primary source. Chubbles (talk) 00:42, 26 May 2022 (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. Mebigrouxboy (talk) 15:22, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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