This anecdote was related to me by my editor Terry, who was reminiscing about the pair of guinea pigs her daughters had as children. When the girls moved into goth phases and decided it was time to concentrate on other things than four-footed rodents, the family gave the guinea pigs to a friend who was a kindergarten teacher. It seemed like a natural fit. Classroom. Kids. Guinea pigs. I mean, the whole set-up of the Noggin children's series "The Wonder Pets"--which, incidentally, features Lennie the Guinea Pig as one of its signing heroes--begins after-hours in a schoolroom. Well, one of the guinea pigs took one look at the classroom full of rapt little faces and expired on the spot. Yes, apparently guinea pigs are capable of spontaneous suicide under stress.
Just as an aside, did you know that if you enter "dead guinea pig" into google, the first page you get is this:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070930114149AAjLbiG
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