Harvey in the LifeFlight helicopter Last year Chinchilla Hospital nurse Xanthe Dewar was camping at Goomburra in the Southern Downs region with her husband Ben and their twin four-month-old boys ...

If you’re lucky, you might even hear them communicating. A mother chinchilla grunts quietly while licking her baby, who squeaks in response. Adult chinchillas also grunt to each other to say hello.