The aloe vera plant is a tropical plant with thick, spiky leaves thatâs widely cultivated throughout the world. Itâs fairly easy to grow and you can find aloe vera plants in many houses and gardens. The leaves of the aloe vera plant contain a transparent gel which is commonly used to treat minor skin irritations. You can extract aloe vera gel from your own plants and store it home.
The guinea pig (or âcavyâ), a small rodent of the genus Cavia, originated in South America but is now found in cages â and on laps â throughout the world. So it isnât from Guinea (which is the name of both a country and a region in western Africa), and it isnât a pig.1) The animal was perhaps âthought to resemble the young of the Guinea Hog (Potamochoerus),â which is a river pig found in Guinea. (2) Back when the phrase âguinea pigâ was first recorded, the word âGuineaâ was often used to denote some unspecified or unknown faraway land.
Yorkshire pigs were developed in York shire (county), England. In England, the breed is still known as the English Large White. The majority of sources indicate the Yorkshire first landed in America in Ohio, around 1830, about 60 years prior to the formation of the American Yorkshire Club.uinea Hog. Slave ships brought the Guinea Hog to America from the Guinea coast of Africa. The slave trade propagated the breed throughout Europe and the American colonies. In the South, theyâd become a common homestead pig, but they are relatively unknown today.