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.

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 ...