Questions tagged [squirrels]
Questions about squirrels
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Are food store locations of scrub jays and squirrels precisely remembered?
Here on the Central California Coast (Monterey), I feed peanuts (unsalted) in the shell to scrub jays and squirrels. Often, apparently after they have surfeited themselves, they continue to get ...
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Can an animal with cheek pouches vocalize normally when those pouches are full?
When an animal such as a squirrel or chipmunk is holding objects in its cheek pouches, does it effect the animal's ability to vocalize normally? Do such obstructions prevent vocalization entirely? Do ...
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How do squirrels find buried nuts?
Squirrels bury nuts for future consumption, sometimes many months away. I recently learned that tree squirrels, including Eastern grey squirrels, sometimes dig empty holes, pretend to drop nuts in ...
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Do Eastern grey squirrels pretend to bury nuts in the ground?
I recently heard that Eastern grey squirrels sometimes dig holes, pretend to bury nuts, or other food, and then cover the empty holes. I was told that they use all the same motions and effort as they ...
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Do squirrels have front and full peripheral vision?
Our suburban yard in Massachusetts has a small woodsy area. We use a section for feeders for birds, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, opossums, rabbits, and the occasional bear or fox.
In an area of ...
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What is this squirrel doing and why?
I have sometimes noticed squirrels "pancaking" - lying flat on their stomachs. Unfortunately all my research into this subject has turned up hordes of "cute squirrel" photos and not much else... See ...
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Do squirrels' teeth grow again when lost?
In another forum, an user claimed that squirrels' teeth grow again if they are somehow lost. So, if you would pull out a tooth (please don't do this!), it would grow back again. Is this true? If yes, ...
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Are grey squirrels really bad for the overall habitat in Germany?
As far as I know the grey squirrel introduced in Germany by humans. It starts to slowly oust the common brown squirrel.
Of course I feel bad for the brown squirrel but people around here act like it'...
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How far does a nursing Eastern Gray squirrel travel from her nest?
It's obvious by her belly that we have a nursing squirrel, probably an Eastern Gray, Sciurus carolinensis, in our yard in Massachusetts, USA. I assume her nest is in one of our large evergreens, not ...
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Where exactly would be the kill of this squirrel?
I've a target face with an image of a squirrel.
However, I'm not sure where the the kill exactly would be.
I assume that it's the little brown spot beneath the arm, on the edge to the white ...
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