Chinchillas

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CHINCHILLAS

 //**Chinchilla brevicaudata**//


 * Chinchilla fur is considered the softest in the world and is thirty times softer than human hair.
 * Chinchillas must regularly bathe in dust or volcanic ash to remove oil and moisture that gathers in their thick fur.
 * Chinchillas have the highest fur density of any land animal with more than 20,000 hairs per square cm. Their fur is so dense that skin parasites (such as fleas) cannot live on one lest they suffocate. Whereas humans grow one hair from each follicle, a chinchilla has more than fifty hairs from a single follicle.
 * They are agile jumpers and can jump up to five feet above their head.
 * Chinchillas have no dander, which is the leading cause to pet related allergies.

My Personal Experience: I have been coming to this science room ever since I was in kindergarten. Every time I have been here, there have been chinchillas, I have seen 5 chinchillas come, and 3 gone. Ever since I first saw them I was fascinated with them. I became interested with the many things to learn about them. I borrowed a couple books and found a couple websites and I thought all of the facts were so interesting. I also got to feed and care for them in the science room. I also got to see them bathe in volcanic ash which was very interesting. The chinchillas are very interesting animals and I enjoyed studying them very much.