Grades 1 & 2 Life Skills: "Raising and Cultivating Animals and Plants"
Comprehensive learning period
Special subject of moral education: "The sanctity of life"

There are all kinds of guinea pigs.
Let's see what they're doing.
Let's find out what kind of body it is.
How can we become friends?
If you come to love guinea pigs even more
Let's try keeping a guinea pig at school.


ClassificationRodents, porcupines, Domestic Guinea Pig?
Waimei
*Names listed in the picture book
Domestic Guinea Pig
Adult CaptainAbout 25 centimeters
Adult weightApproximately 800-1000 grams
lifespan6th year, before 5
The sound of the heart

■Classification
Rods and trees
Porcupine
Domestic Guinea Pig?
■ Wail *Names listed in the picture book
Domestic Guinea Pig
■ Adult Captain
About 25 centimeters
■ Adult Weight
Approximately 800-1000 grams
■ Life
6th year, before 5

● The sound of the heart

Guinea pig breeding

Domestic Guinea Pig that live in Nanbei are called Sosen.

Guinea pig relatives

They're all good at biting. They have foreskins that keep growing throughout their lives.

  • Capybara

  • Crested Porcupine

  • Large Japanese Field Mouse

  • Japanese Squirrel


Ueno Zoo
Children's Zoo "The Little Animals' Home"

Besides guinea pigs
Rabbits and chinchillas live here too.




Tama Animal Park
Acorn Plaza

Spending time at the sports field
You can see guinea pigs.




Inokashira Shizenbunkaen
Guinea pig petting corner

At "Baby's House",
You can see a mother guinea pig and her baby.


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