Yeah, not really impressed.

[apocalypsos]

I just saw an ad for a zoo putting on a show at a mall or something. One of the featured animals? A chinchilla.

I'd love to be impressed, but this --



-- is currently plotting world domination as he stares at me from across the room.

He's got plans.

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[kitarra.livejournal.com]

Well of course he is plotting world domination. However, untill you get him a lackey he can't do jack.

[paddle-slut.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

*pictures pinky & the brain*

[astraynotion.livejournal.com]

IT'S AN ENORMOUS FURRY MEGALOMANIAC...

WITH WHISKERS

O.O

[wer-bin-ich.livejournal.com]

OMG IT'S A CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN!! *dies*

[random-serious.livejournal.com]

He may got plans, but at least he's cute while hatching them.

[cyprinella]

It's some rodent thing, the world domination.

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

Plans, yes; BUT NO OPPOSABLE THUMB, thank heavens.

Last week we had a pair of adult raccoons bring their 3 wee baby raccoons around to show them the raccoon ropes. A sort of How To Be A Raccoon 101. They showed them how to pop the tops off of our upstairs neighbors' trash cans, but could not open our raccoon-proof garbage can, and left it there on its side. The babies swarmed over it a bit, but followed their parents. Ever since that night, every night, the three baby raccoons have come to our yard to bounce our garbage can around for a bit before leaving. IF ONLY THEY HAD OPPOSABLE THUMBS. Oh, wait; they sort of DO.

o.O

[aurora]

Eeeeeeeee, it's so cute!!

[jamjar.livejournal.com]

I have a chinchilla. He's almost 19 years old now, and more of a grumpy old man than anything else, but yes, still plotting world domination. It's all, "I scorn you as lesser beings" mixed in with Oliver Twist-esque, "Please sir! Can I have some more! Just another raison! Or a small bit of affection!" clinging to the side of his cage. Then if you give him one, he glares at you suspiciously, tries to get as far away from you as he can, turning his back on you except for the occasional, "Still don't trust you." look over his shoulder.

Guinea pigs are rodents with the souls of cows. Chinchillas are rodents with the souls of cats.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

*snickers* That is the most apt description of chinchillas I've seen yet. Especially considering I just gave Emmett a raisin he begged for and he scurried off to chow down on it and glare at me.

[jamjar.livejournal.com]

Also, according to wiki, the chinese name for a chinchilla ("lóng māo, which literally means "dragon-cat").

I don't know if that's more or less appropriate than "Little bug".