chinchilla
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Somewhere in the government, a committee will soon convene on the question of the chinchilla.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
The costliest felines to insure were the Maine coon, one of the largest house cats, which can be prone to a type of muscle atrophy, and the chinchilla, a popular longhair, Spot Pet Insurance said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
The scene captured on video is among the findings from an undercover investigation into conditions on Romania’s chinchilla fur farms, carried out last year by the animal welfare charity Humane Society International.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
TL:DR: do not lick your chinchilla while you have monkeypox.
From The Verge ● Aug. 5, 2022
I’m early, as usual—partly to avoid bumping into Eddie in the hallway but also because I was hoping to hold Charles the chinchilla for a couple of minutes before class starts.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
They were the first rodents to ever set foot on the continent, where they evolved into well-known groups like guinea pigs, chinchillas, capybaras and porcupines.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
“You weren’t just dealing with moving 400 chinchillas, which is not as hard, because they’re all one species so you can find new homes more easily for them,” Peet said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022
Over decades, the courts have ruled that securities law applies to a wide variety of financial products, including contracts for the sale of chinchillas.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
The city's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said in a statement late on Saturday that it collected 1,134 samples from animals other than hamsters including rabbits and chinchillas, which were all negative.
From Reuters ● Jan. 30, 2022
Besides the material on chinchillas, he also brought from the capital the popular wartime booklets that had been created to propagate the image of the heroic soldier, and sentimental novels he had bought for Blanca.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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