curious chinchillas

the chinchilla is possibly he most lazy animal you will ever encounter. to start of chinchillas first came from the Andes mountains in South America. chinchillas eat nuts seeds berries and grass. the chinchilla is also an mammal. the chinchilla also has strange habits to protect itself kind of like a skunk. if the chinchilla is alarmed, it will spray urine at its predators. sometimes they also let their fur go loose. i don't know how it helps but apparently it does. the chinchillas main predators are owls fox and cougars. most people like to know what the scientific names for animals are so the chinchillas is chinchilla Lanigera. most people know you can keep chinchillas but there is a bit more of it you probably don't know. chinchillas were first kept in California because the people in South America brought them over. people in California  started to ship them to other places too. there are advantages and disadvantages about owning a chinchilla. the advantage are its life span, its weight its size, and its fur. the chinchillas life span is very long it lives up too ten to eighteen years.the next thing is it weighs almost nothing. the chinchilla only weighs 400g to 500g. the next thing is that they are tiny as a baby but can grow up to 25cm to 35cm. another thing is everyone likes the fur because it is thick and soft on their pet. the disadvantages are its speeds  and its weak body. if your chinchilla got out in a big area it would be hard to catch because it can run up to 15 miles per hour. the next thing is what people call floating ribs. the chinchillas rib cage is not fully connected to the skeleton. if you pick it up under on its stomach or if any pressure is put on the ribs can cave in and go right into vital organs and kill the chinchilla. thank you for reading. please leave comments suggestions and spread the word.and sorry for not doing them for the past week. thank you for reading :)