chinchilla facts:
- one of the longest-living small animals
- wide range of vocal sounds
- have really thick fur to help survive in freezing temperatures (specifically the Andes mountains, where they originate)
- can jump up to five feet in the air
- fur is 30 times softer than human hair
- baby chinchillas are called kits
- digest their food twice, using "caecotrophy"
- 60-80 hairs per hair follicle
- they have poor eyesight so their long whiskers help navigate
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