You know you live in Brazil when a wild guinea pig (called a prea in Portuguese) runs into your classroom. Not mine but my 1st grade friend Erin. This is what it looked like. I saw it!
It's now in a cage in the science lab. At least they don't eat guinea pigs in Brazil like they do in Peru! I just read that they are hard to capture. Not in Erin's room. Erin had already evacuated herself and her students. Her brave teaching assistant used her will and a cardboard box to trap said rodent.
The funniest part of this is that moments after the guinea pig's arrival, the lockdown drill began. Erin's students thought that the reason for the lockdown was the guinea pig. They thought it might have rabies and that's why they had to take cover. I guess some didn't want to lay down on the floor after it entered. Can't really blame them!
I had never heard of this animal until today. I mean, you hear of large rodents like capybara and rats but wild guinea pigs, who knew?
Don't American kids have pet guinea pigs? I have never had one but I have known people who have. I guess it is one of those things you never think about. So funny that it arrived just before the lockdown practise, and also so glad that there are no lockdown practises in Tasmania!
ReplyDeleteYou're right Rach that American kids do have pet guinea pigs and even Brazilians do too but one coming onto school grounds and Erin's room's in the middle of the school. Pretty amazing to think it got that far without being discovered first. I wonder how many other wild guinea pigs are roaming the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteoh my! and this looks like no guinea pig I ever had growing up! I would have FREAKED OUT if this came into my classroom. Was it typical guinea pig size?
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