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Why do guinea pigs eat grass?

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Just like how the United States eats chicken the parts of the world where guinea pigs are eaten, such as Peru, eat guinea pigs because they are a source of nutrition and are readily available.

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g-pigs are herbivores, which meanse they eat plant matter, and grass is a plant. herbivores eat plants because they dont have to catch it so as long as there plants there garinteed a meal.

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