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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