Peru is celebrating two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the Andean nation for thousands of years.

Video. The guinea pig was created in 2004 at the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation in Peru, a country where its meat is a delicacy.

Guinea pigs are native to the Andes Mountains and are raised in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia, areas where the Inca Empire