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Two Guinea pigs, wearing Peruvian local dresses, are displayed during the Guinea pig food festival in Huacho, Peru, Sunday, July 20, 2008. Guinea pigs are native to the high Andes and have been an important source of protein for millennia. Nowadays, in Peru, the animal is served with a generous portion of Andean tubers. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)