Chinchillas and red pandas

On Christmas Day, Dan and I stopped in FAO Schwarz in New York City. Bad idea--totally crowded. But we did come out of it with an inexpensive ($14) yet high quality squirrel stuffed animal made by Hansa:


Let me preface the rest of this story by saying that one of my and Dan's hobbies is looking at pictures of really cute animals together online. Cats, dogs, squirrels, hedgehogs, raccoons, bunnies, dolphins, parrots, ducklings, llamas, more wild animals--we like them all. We tend to do this for hours at a time every few weeks, and buying the squirrel stuffed animal inspired another round of it.

Two animals I'm absolutely obsessed with are chinchillas and red pandas...


I was literally pawing at the screen, whining and squealing about how much I wish I could have a chinchilla except Ollie would eat it. After seeing this picture, I decided to settle for a chinchilla stuffed animal to go with the squirrel. Unfortunately, realistic ones are nearly impossible to find. As are red panda stuffed animals. I am upset. But here are some more cute pictures of chinchillas and red pandas to appease me (and possibly you):






All images from Wikipedia.