is it food or an animal come on help me out here im bored and scence your reading this you are too
2006-07-25 09:16:45 · 19 answers · asked by Takumi 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Chinchillas are small rodents who originally lived in the Andes Mountains of South America. They look a bit like a mouse with a furry tail. Their fur is considered the softest in the world and is thirty times softer than human hair. It's so dense that skin parasites (such as fleas) cannot live on one lest they suffocate. They were nearly extinct due to the fur trade, but nowadays they are very popular as household pets.
In their native habitat, chinchillas live in burrows or crevices in rocks. They are agile jumpers and can jump up to five feet above their head. Predators in the wild include hawks, skunks, felines, and canines. Their diet consists of plants, fruits, seeds, and small insects.
2006-07-25 09:32:41 · answer #1 · answered by sethnebtjebu 3 · 27⤊ 4⤋
Main Entry: chin·chil·la
Pronunciation: chin-'chi-l&
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish
1 : either of two small South American rodents (Chinchilla laniger and C. brevicaudata of the family Chinchillidae) of the high Andes that are the size of large squirrels, have very soft pearly-gray fur, and are extensively bred in captivity ; also : the fur of a chinchilla
2 : a heavy twilled woolen coating
2006-07-25 09:20:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinchilla is a South American rodent. They're about the size of a rabbit but have shorter ears and longer tails. NOW as for the food that sounds similar to the name....you're talkin about "chitlins". Chitlins is the shortened form of "chitterlings" and they're both a nicer name for the same thing.........pig intestines...nasty, eh?
2006-07-25 09:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Hurricane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A chinchilla is an adorable fuzzy lil fuzzball that you can see a pic on google if you look it up. And since you are bored, I've just found something for you to do :) enjoy
2006-07-25 09:20:35 · answer #4 · answered by Tainted_Halo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep its an animal used for coats too. have u never heared the song by beyonce' and jay z Crazy in Love ? he mentions it. go listen to it
'yes sir im cut from a different cloth, my texture is d best fur of chinchilla'
2006-07-25 09:22:43 · answer #5 · answered by ▲▼ßððĝiз▼▲ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its an animal a cute animal they like to climb here
http://images.google.com/images?q=chinchilla&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
go to google and press images then type in chinchilla they are like long rabbits that are part rat anyways they are cute
2006-07-25 09:22:00 · answer #6 · answered by liveslifelikeitcomes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A chinchilla is an animal, it looks more like a squirrel.
2006-07-25 09:20:27 · answer #7 · answered by >*Nickchulo*< 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a cute little rodent that lives in the Andes mountains and some people have them as pets.
2006-07-25 09:20:53 · answer #8 · answered by pizzagirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soft rodent about the size of guinea pig with a long bushy tail.
2006-07-25 09:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by Josh D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an animal like a mink. People make coats out of them. People like Cruella de Ville that is!
2006-07-25 09:19:00 · answer #10 · answered by Ricky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a type of rodent with beautiful fur that comes in many colors which are raised domestically for their pelts or pets(,but mainly for their fur).
2006-07-25 09:22:12 · answer #11 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋