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Old 02-23-2013, 03:33 PM   #10
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Default Re: Pyramid #3/52: Low-Tech II

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Interestingly, Guinea pigs in Andean cultures seem to follow these same economics. They are fed scraps and waste, and supply welcome meat (although not eggs). In a fantasy world, you may have Guinea pigs instead of or in addition to poultry.

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Aid organizations have been introducing guinea pigs to the most unstable areas of the Congo as a source of meat that is small and compliant enough that when the village flees before an incoming militant group, a family can stuff them in a sack and take them with them. They're also small enough and a burrowing species so if you hide them in a crisis in a dark place you can be reasonably sure they won't kick up a fuss and be found (unlike chickens, which tend to object to this sort of treatment).

Lastly there was a (strained) hope that the militants might not recognize them as a food source, or regard them as too low status to be worth stealing.
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