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.
Guinea /ËÉ¡Éªni/, officially the Republic of Guinea (French: RÃ©publique de GuinÃ©e), is a country on the West coast of Africa.