Question: where do hamsters and guinea pigs come from

title: Guinea pig
text: Guinea pigs can learn complex paths to food , and can accurately remember a learned path for months . Their strongest problem - solving strategy is motion . While guinea pigs can jump small obstacles , most of them are poor climbers , and are not particularly agile . They startle extremely easily , and either freeze in place for long periods or run for cover with rapid , darting motions when they sense danger . Larger groups of startled guinea pigs `` stampede '' , running in haphazard directions as a means of confusing predators . When excited , guinea pigs may repeatedly perform little hops in the air ( known as `` popcorning '' ) , a movement analogous to the ferret 's war dance . They are also very good swimmers . Guinea