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No peanuts for Squirrels!
(Update: Dec, 2024) Here's why you should NEVER, EVER feed peanuts to squirrels! There is ONLY TWO species of squirrel, out of 280...
Dec 7, 2024
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Squirrels can Swim!
Squirrel are actually a formidable swimmer! With their big and powerful rear legs, they can swim quite fast. Although they won't take a...
Nov 25, 2024
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The Squirrel's Retirement Plan
The first snow of 2024 was falling. So I decided to take a walk and enjoy its beauty, take a few pictures and tell a little story. So in...
Nov 20, 2024
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The Red Squirrels Incredible Speed
(Please excuse my extremely crude and poor drawing, but you get the idea) We have often talked about squirrels sense of smell and how...
Nov 18, 2024
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Area, Habitat, Domain & Reach
We have often talked about the Red Squirrels areas, their domain and their reach. But we've never seen a demonstration of it. So, I took...
Nov 18, 2024
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The Red Squirrels In old Norse Viking Age Mythology
In old Norse Viking Age Mythology, The red squirrel is also called Ratatoskr. There's not a lot of information about the red squirrels...
Nov 14, 2024
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Over feeding your squirrels?
A friendly reminder, NOT to over feed them. It might be nice, cute and even funny to watch them work but, that's not helping them. You...
Oct 23, 2024
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Importance of Returning Home
(Pico August 2024) We have often talked about squirrels sense of smell and how their nose and ears are their primary senses. We've also...
Sep 2, 2024
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Building a drey/nest
Building a drey/nest, isn't passed down nor is it learned from their parents. It 's based on instincts, trial and error. If a young...
Aug 28, 2024
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Teeth of Steel
Did you know that the Red Squirrels teeth, aren't red because the squirrel is red? No, they are red because they are infused with high...
Aug 11, 2024
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Are you feeding your squirrels wrong?
Are your squirrels, only eating nuts? Well, I'm afraid to say it but, yes, yes you are. Believe it or not, nuts are not a squirrels main...
Feb 12, 2024
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Squirrel Memory
So, how does a squirrel remember where they place all their nuts? They use, what is called a 'triangular positioning system'. TPS,...
Sep 4, 2023
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Squirrel Nests/Dreys
The wild squirrels can have up to 3 nests per squirrel. They usually store food, snacks and other treasures in one nest. The males also...
Sep 4, 2023
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Red vs Grey?
It's very common to think that the reds and greys are close related. As you can see, from this genetical species tree, they are actually...
Sep 4, 2023
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Sense of Smell
The red squirrel have a sense of smell, that's millions of times better than us simple humans. In comparison, it would be like if we only...
Sep 4, 2023
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Social Status/Hierarchy
Social status is above all else for the European Red Squirrels. They will avoid fights at all costs, to avoid injuries and damages that...
Sep 4, 2023
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American Squirrels
There are a total of 5 primary species across the American continent, not including the chipmunks or the groundhog variants, which also...
Sep 4, 2023
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Squirrels Teeth
The Red Squirrels teeth are very, very powerful tools! They have a total of 20 teeth. Besides the 4 grinding teeth, they also have 8...
Sep 4, 2023
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Transporting Babies
Unlike many other animals, squirrels won't carry their children in the neck skin, or by the head. No, they will carry them by the...
Sep 4, 2023
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Squirrel Species
Did you know that there are over 200 different squirrel species? Almost all of them descending from either the Prairie dogs or the...
Sep 4, 2023
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