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Where do guinea pigs come from?

Guinea (Africa)
New Guinea
The Andes
Mexico
Guinea pigs are neither pigs nor from Guinea. The origin of its common name is unclear, it may be a re-analysis of "Guyana", though they originate from the Andes and not Guyana.
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Where does an electric eel occur in the wild?

in Australia
in South America
in Africa
in South-East Asia

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it looks like a bullet
it is as large as a bullet
its bite feels like a bullet
it makes loud cracking noise

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