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Ray Kay: Birds and Beasts: The Guinea-Pig

on 5WA Cardiff

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The guinea-pig was introduced into Europe from South America in the sixteenth century, and the name 'Guinea' is supposed to be a corruption of Guiana.
As every schoolboy knows, their peculiarity is that their 'tails are wanting'.

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5WA Cardiff

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