Ahem: All in favor of changing the Linnaean name for the genus of bushy-tailed squizzles from Sciurus to Scurius say ‘Aye’.
Wait! You’re not a squirrel!
I am squirrelius! And stop calling me Shirley!
Pizza squizzle!
“How you doin’?”
Theyre not always cute. Eep!!
This past summer, the team observed 74 instances of squirrels actively hunting or consuming voles over a total of 18 days in the field. The most instances occurred during the first two weeks of July, when vole populations were also at their peak. Nearly half involved active hunting by squirrels, who usually pounced on a target vole and restrained it with its forepaws and teeth. Squirrels tended to kill the voles by biting the neck area and shaking their prey.
They eat birds and eggs too. Even flying squirrels!
Even flying squirrels!
Well sure, that’s how they incorporated into themselves the ability to fly.
