In actuality, these small rodents hail from the Andes Mountains of South America ... From the long, luxurious locks of the Peruvian to the curly-coiled Texel, guinea pigs present a delightful ...

gold messenger from a mountain-topped world. "I've seen llamas carrying packs in the Andes at elevations of up to 16,000 feet. The other domestic animal of the Andes, the guinea pig, weighs about ...