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[carlee92]

Anyone happen to know when or why the spelling of 'Chinchilla' changed?

 

[xcdnchinx]

april fools joke

 

[GorillaJTA]

Scientists recently decided that our tamed chinchillas are too different from their wild type counterparts and therefore a naming distinction was warranted. Wild rabbit-squirrels are now chinchllas while the tame ones we have a chinchillas.

 

[Mt. Zion Chins]

Love that explanation !!!

 

[Luci]

Its also to encompass the fact that we can use our pets as delicious entrees.

Being hispanic...I have NEVER had a better meal than a chinchilladadada...