Greg Reynolds
English R1A
Girl Not Guinea Pig
My girlfriend’s love of vegetables, especially carrots, and mammalian
characteristics may make it easy to misconstrue her as a guinea pig.
Her flaxen hair may
also lead a common observer down this path as many domestic guinea pigs share this
particular characteristic.
But despite this myriad of similarities my girlfriend, Alisa, is in
fact not a rodent, but a human being as exhibited by her significant comparative height,
quickness, intelligence and communicative abilities.
As members of the mammal kingdom Alisa and guinea pigs share many
characteristics such as warm blood, the presence of hair, ears, eyes and teeth, that make it
seem they belong to the same species.
Also the two enjoy similar foods with their diets
centered on vegetables pointing to a similar creature type.
In addition, the common hair
color gives the impression that Alisa and these small furry rodents share too many
qualities to not be classified together under
Cavia porcellus
.
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- Spring '08
- Staff
- History, Rodent, Guinea pig, Alisa
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