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Paca

Agouti paca

Photo by Ingrid3
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

This little juvenile is being raised by native people , as it get to maximum size which can be quite large it will be sacrificed for a feast. The boy caring for it was the only one the paca would allow get near it.

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Comments (4)

Peruvians eat Guinea Pigs, "cuy", less of a damaging ecological footprint thatn cows...
Yikes, interesting to see the cultural use of some animals, despite their cuteness.

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