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Hundreds of guinea pigs, or cavies as they are referred to locally, are vying for titles at the New Zealand National Guinea Pig Show in Taupō. "I just love coming in, seeing everybody, and supporting everyone", says Tahlia Chapman, who came with her Guinea pig Blackstar Kit. "It's always just a great day. We're all really good friends from all over the country." According to Radio New Zealand, preparation starts months before show day, with the event attracting judges from overseas.Griffin Hopkins, exhibitor with guinea pig Geode Ember, winner of reserve best of the group ticked, told AFP: "This is Ember, Geode Ember. She has a silver goodie. She just won reserve best of the ticked group. So that's out of, I think it was around 30 ticked animals."

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00:00Thank you for listening.
00:47So, this is ember, geode ember, she has a silver aggurty, she just won reserve best of the
00:55ticked group. So, that's out of, I think it was around 30 ticked animals. So, the fur
01:03goes black, black all the way up until the very top, which is white. So, basically it's
01:10ticked. So, some call it the tipped class, some call it the ticked class. Yeah.
01:16Oh, just the community, the guinea pigs themselves, just a fun, fun part of it and getting amazing
01:23feedback from people around the world. So, he's a Rex. So, he's meant to have a nice
01:27coarse, upright coat full of like real density, good density on them. And they're usually
01:32real couch potatoes, these guys. They're really laid back and real cuddly. Yeah. And he's
01:37a reasonably young guy. So, this is his first national. He's been to a couple of club shows,
01:42but this is his first big ass show. Yeah.
01:46I don't have particularly high hopes today, but I just love coming in, seeing everybody
01:52and supporting everyone. I did win the national about two years ago, so that was amazing. That
01:58was a really big highlight for me.
02:00Lots of preparing beforehand. We're making sure that the body condition's in really good condition
02:07by special grains and lots of fresh vegetables and hay.
02:37That was amazing.
02:40Yeah.
02:40Yeah.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Yeah.

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