Avoid sticking your fingers through the bars of the cage. If your guinea pig feels threatened, it will lash out and your fingers will be the perfect target. Don't give it the chance to do any damage. You will inevitably come into contact with your guinea pig. Wash your hands to get rid of any odors that the guinea pig may not like such as, dog and cat scents. Guinea pigs have a keen sense of smell and an instinctual fear of scents they associate with danger. Since cats and dogs can pose a threat, they might react negatively to those smells. On the off chance that your guinea pig has an insatiable appetite, make sure that you wash your hands to remove any food odors. You don't want your guinea pig to confuse your fingers for their meal. You might consider wearing gloves until you are confident that your guinea pig won't bite you. Biting results primarily from fear, but there are several other biological and environmental reasons for such behavior. Pain can cause biting. You might be hurting the guinea pig or there might be a deeper physiological issue. Sometimes, guinea pigs will bite you when they mean to nibble on themselves. This can be an indicator of mites or fleas. If discomfort or pain is a concern, contact your veterinarian for an exam right away. If your pig is nibbling/biting while you are holding it, it may need to get down to urinate. So, if that is the case, put it back in the cage and watch what it does next. If the pig urinates, you have your answer. Non-neutered male guinea pigs may show dominance by biting more than females or neutered male guinea pigs. Consider neutering your guinea pig. However there is no guarantee that neutering will stop the biting completely. Dominance is not solely based on testosterone levels. If your guinea pig is biting the bars of its cage, it could mean that the animal is lonely and wants attention. It might not be exhibiting menacing behavior, but calling out for attention. Approach carefully.
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One-sentence summary -- Keep yourself safe. Wash your hands. Understand a guinea pig's reasons for biting.

The ultimate goal is to become intimately familiar with your mind and body, how it reacts to certain things and how they inter-relate. The key benefit to knowing your mind so well is that you can take one glance at something and know instantly if it's of benefit or harm. You may then let go or avoid things that are harmful. It takes time, but it gets more effective the more you practice ityou learn more each time you examine something. In a relationship context, insight and mindfulness - as the two wings of the bird - are useful everywhere; at work, school, home and all times in between. It has clear uses in empathy - being able to understand the challenges and issues we and other people face, and then relating and acting appropriately. In a work or business context, insight is also incredibly useful in any area requiring creative thinking as well as conflict resolution. Many of our problematic relationships between co-workers, or between boss and employees arise because we don't understand each other and the pressures both sides experience. It's these pressures and how we interact with them that limit compromise and flexibility, so by applying our insights we can find a middle ground as well as new ideas. In a mental well-being context, there comes a stage in most people's lives that the desires of our chattering mind becomes a common thread in the tapestry of life. As well, the understanding that it makes us unhappy and dissatisfied with what we have dawns upon us. Insight is important here in understanding how to let go of shallow desires by correctly identifying your true needs. As a stress relief tool, eventually what insight helps us to do is to learn what stress actually is, how to let it go of it, as well as forgive it and to become so practiced in both recognizing and letting go that you just release stress without trying. Then you are free of so many of your daily troubles. In a quality of life tool, what insight practices do eventually reveal is that every moment is absolutely unique and new, that every experience is fresh, even when we are tired, depressed and frustrated. This insight on its own rejuvenates the observation as its not like watching a TV show over and over, although it may seem like it. Its always different, perennially interesting and an opportunity to learn and understand some amazing things.F/
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One-sentence summary -- Find practical uses for insight.

If you're familiar with common phishing attempts, you'll be less likely to fall for them. University and government cybercrime or information security websites are good sources of information. For example, the Berkeley Department of Information Security and Policy has an archive of phishing messages available at https://security.berkeley.edu/resources/phishing/phishing-examples-archive. You can also find news and information at https://www.antiphishing.org/, the official website of the Anti-Phishing Working Group. A legitimate email typically will have a specific subject line that gives you a basic understanding of what the email will say. Phishing emails, on the other hand, use vague phrases such as "Urgent Reminder" or "Your Account at Risk" to alarm you. Phishing email subject lines may also start with the abbreviation "Re:" to make you think the email is a response to an email you've sent. However, if you look at the email thread you can clearly see that there are no other emails. The subject line also may use special characters, emojis, or extra spaces. These don't serve any real purpose other than to draw your attention to the email by making the subject line look different from others in your inbox. Particularly if an email comes from a business, government agency, or other organization, the sender typically proofreads carefully before sending it. Obvious spelling and grammatical errors are a red flag that the email may not be legitimate. Also pay attention to the way language is used. Phishing emails frequently use words incorrectly or include awkward turns of phrase that no one would actually say. Scammers typically try to make the email address a phishing email is sent from look official or legitimate if you just glance at it. However, upon closer inspection, you'll note that something is amiss. Instead of ending in ".com," as it should, the email address may end differently. They may include "com" in the domain to fool you. For example, you might get a phishing email from "airbnbcom.work" instead of "airbnb.com." It can take a second look to notice that odd extension. The company name may be spelled incorrectly, such as by having transposed letters or a single letter where there should be doubled letters. For example, you might get an email from "welsfargo.com" (attempting to impersonate the bank Well's Fargo). Phishing emails are desperate and insistent that the matter is urgent and you have a limited time to help or to correct a problem. Scammers want to raise a panic in you so that you give them your personal information without thinking. By the time you figure out that you've been scammed, it will be too late. Variations of this include "last reminder" emails. If you get an email claiming to be your "last reminder" of something and you never received any previous reminders, it's likely a phishing attempt. If the scammer is impersonating a friend or family member rather than a business or government agency, contact that person directly and ask if them about the email. Scammers often use copyright and trademark symbols to make their emails appear more official. However, business communications, such as emails, aren't entitled to copyright protection. A phishing email may include legitimate logos or other branding from the company or organization the scammer is trying to impersonate. They want to make their email look as believable as possible so you'll fall for the scam. Don't expect a scammer to respect intellectual property rights.
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Read information on the latest phishing attempts. Check if the subject line is vague or oddly formatted. Look for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Examine email addresses carefully. Treat "urgent" requests with suspicion. Recognize improper use of copyright or trademark notices.