Assertion: guinea pig | /r/HasProperty | kept as pet
Facets:
value: for many decades
type: TEMPORAL
value: at about 500 bc
type: TEMPORAL
value: popularly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Guinea Pigs are popularly kept as a pet, but are also used for both meat and laboratory research.
text: We know them best as pets, but they have been around since 5,000 BC and at about 500 BC the first guinea pig was kept as pet.
text: Guinea pigs are tail-less rodents with stout bodies and are kept as pets by many people all over the country
text: Guinea pigs, otherwise known as Cavia porcellus, are perhaps the most popular rodents which are kept as pets.
text: While Guinea pigs are reasonably common in the UK and have been kept as pets for many decades, they are actually classed as exotic pets in veterinary terms, along with other small furry pets like rabbits and ferrets.
text: As with hamsters, dogs, cats, and other popular household pets, there are several breeds of guinea pig that are kept as pets today.