would u ever do this to your guinea pig?

Question

http://tblogs.bootsnall.com/pesta/archives/Peru/4.%20guinea%20pig.jpg

some even sell roasted guinea pigs
http://www.neurobio.pitt.edu/simons/lab%20page/roasted.guineypig.jpg

Answer 1

guinea pigs, like rabbits, are considered food in some areas of the world. So tho we may not eat them, there are people who do.

Excerpt from Wikepedia:
{Guinea pigs, or cuy, cuye, curí, were originally domesticated for their meat in the Andes.

As food, the guinea pig is described as a combination of rabbit and the dark meat on chicken, though in colour, taste, and the fineness of bones the gourmet will be reminded of quail. It is high in protein (21%) and low in fat (8%). Due to the fact that they require much less room than traditional livestock and reproduce extremely quickly when compared to traditional stock animals, they can be raised as a source of food in an urban environment—unlike most livestock animals.

To this day, cuyes continue to be a major part of the diet in Peru and Bolivia, particularly in the Andes Mountains highlands, where they are an important source of protein and a mainstay of Andean folk medicine. Peruvians consume an estimated 65 million Guinea pigs each year, and the animal is so entrenched in the culture that one famous painting of the Last Supper in the main cathedral in Cusco, Peru shows Christ and the twelve disciples dining on guinea pig.

Guinea pigs are also consumed in Ecuador, mainly in the Sierra region of the country, but are not depended upon as a staple source of protein.}

Answer 2

guinea pigs have been raised as food in south america for many hundreds of years. i find it funny that those people who are not veggitarian often find themselves dividing the animal kingdom into animals they are willing to eat (cow, pig, sheep) and those that even though there isnt any reason, they think are disgusting or cruel.... cat casserole enyone?

Answer 3

That's not a guinea pig... it's a possum.
And no, reguardless of the animal, I wouldn't do something like that!

Answer 4

Nope.

Answer 5

It is part of their culture the same as us killing sheep and cattle for our tables

Answer 6

no thats not guinea pig. it's possum, i've tried it. it is tasted like chicken

Answer 7

nah I wouldn't but my friend had to eat it when she was in ecuador, or she would have starved, she said it was awrite

Answer 8

AH hahahahahahaha!!

Answer 9

I think I just tossed my cookies......! Yuck!

Answer 10

No Way!