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The life of a chinchila
By Dakotah
About the Author
Hi my name isDakotah.
I have chose to doresearch about achinchilla and it’s agreat learningexperience so far.
Who Am I?
The chinchilla isnamed after the southAmerican ChanceIndians.
There are about 6kinds in the chinchillafamily and all arefound only in southAmerica.
They came from theAndies Mountains inPeru.
The Early Years
They breed in thewinter, and productabout two litters of 1-6young.
The gestation periodis about 11 days.
The young aresuckled for 6-8weeks.
Habitat Sweet Habitat
In the wild where theground is suitable,they shelter underrocks.
Chinchillas are acolder climate animaland cannot toleratehigh heat.
Whats On The Menu?
Chinchillas need freshwater daily. In thewild, the eat roots ,and tubes.
They love driedbanana pellets for atreat.
Making Tracks
Their hind limbs of the Chinchillas are longer
than their forelimbs,and the animal aregood at rumming andleaping.
Simply Irresistible
Chinchillas have verystrong front legs andhind legs.
Their ears help themcup sound to knowwhen danger comes.
Where in the world?
Chinchillas live inAfrica and sometimesin Asia.
Facts
Did you know? Chinchillas fur can be
sold for a lot of moneyand is used to makeclothes.
Some chinchillas areas big as a personsthree fingers.
Fun facts Chinchillas almost
have webbed feet butjust a tap of skinbetween.
Chinchillas makegreat house pets butnot with dogs or cats
internet list
http://images.google.com/images?q=chinchillas&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&safe=active&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi picture slide1,2,3,4
http://images.goggle.com/images?q=chinchillahabitat&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&safe=active&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi picture slide5.
http://images.google.com/images?q=chinchillasfood&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&safe=active&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi picture slide6
://marah.cz/oafot/cincillas_p_bo_r.jpg pictureslide 8.
http://www.izea.net/images/africa.gif picture 9.