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...
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Dec, 2024
Amazing Squirrel Facts
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Squirrel Origin
Now this squirrel, is a very special squirrel! This is one of the earliest discovered squirrel species to have roamed the planet. These...
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Ear tufts, hair
So what do they mean, what can they use them for and why do they disappear? The European Red Squirrels has a wide range of utilities for...
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Red Squirrel Legs
Although the European Red Squirrels aren't related to the flying squirrel family, they still have some amazingly strong, powerful and...
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Red Squirrel Giving Birth
Although it looks like she's all alone, I can assure you that every single squirrel in a 5 km/3 mile area is on high alert! Both male and...
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Squirrels Eyes and Eyesight
The Dark Eyes: The European Red Squirrels Eyes, are almost completely black, which many would associated with night vision or low light...
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Red Squirrel Hands/Paws
Touch pads: The Red Squirrels has a remarkable sense of touch. They have 3 highly sensitive touch pads on each of their hands. By...
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The European Black Squirrel
Calabrian black squirrel, (Sciurus meridionalis) aka the Eurasian Black Squirrel. Classification: Extremely endangered. These squirrels...
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Red Squirrel Fur
The Red Squirrels fur is soft, like very, very soft. The closest resemble is kitten fur, or chinchilla fur. The tail is a little bit more...
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