I believe that everyone knows Miyazaki Hayao
In all his animated works
Totoro has always been a hit
Everyone who has seen it will
The totoro in the film is very impressive
Today we will talk about it
Real-life Totoro
In fact, the real-life Totoro is not its real name
It is a rodent of rodents
The official scientific name is the woolly mouse
Commonly known as totoro and South American chinchilla
There are two species of long-tailed and short-tailed woolly rats
What we usually see is the long-tailed woolly rat
The woolly rat is native to South America
Wild populations are nearly extinct
Listed as a critically endangered species by the IUCN
But there are a lot of them in the pet world
There were many more woolly rats before the sixteenth century
It is humanity that is causing them to become extinct
At that time the Spaniards came to South America
This animal with very soft fur was found
Mass hunting and transportation began
Make their fur into clothing
It was popular in the European high society of the time
This continued until the beginning of the twentieth century
The distribution countries of the woolly rat began to join forces to protect it
So that the woolly rats were not slaughtered
But the numbers are already at stake
The woolly rat has flourished in the pet world
Thanks to an American named Mathias
He placed 11 wild chinchilla rats in the early twentieth century
Brought back to the United States for artificial breeding
In addition to being used as a fur animal
It also began to become popular as a pet
Breeders of chinchillas are bred by selection
I put the woolly rat whose original coat was gray
A variety of coat colors have been developed
Breeding and rearing techniques are also becoming more sophisticated
The name Totoro was made after the movie came out
It was first called by breeders in Hong Kong and Taiwan
Later, this title was also with the woolly mouse
It spread and became popular in the mainland pet world
Led to the original name of the woolly rat
Few people know
At present, there are also many people who keep totoro in China
They are long and rolling
Appearance alone has captured countless hearts
Add to that their joyful personalities
The number of people who like Totoro is increasing
The face can't reach into the bottle and uses a small hand to squeeze it
Tried again and still couldn't get in
That's when the food in the bottle was abandoned
The feel of totoro is simply a must
Otherwise, I wouldn't have been because of this hair
And the arrest and killing to the point of near extinction
In fact, don't look at the totoro is very round
And often in a daze
If you feel that it moves very slowly
That's a big mistake
Totoro's flexibility and body size
But it is completely out of proportion
Some say they look like bouncy balls
It's round but stretchy
Arguably the most flexible fat man...