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  2. Learn Why Squirrel’s Practice This Peculiar Behavior - AOL

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    Squirrels can cache as many as 3,000 nuts each season, but remembering where all the nuts are stored seems impossible. Unlike most small mammals whose brains shrink during winter due to reduced ...

  3. Northern flying squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The sharing of nests in winter by northern flying squirrels is important in maintaining body temperature (biothermal regulation), as northern flying squirrels do not hibernate, nor do they enter torpor states. Northern flying squirrels gliding distances tend to be between 5 and 25 metres, though glides of up to 45 m and longer have been observed.

  4. Eastern gray squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Larger than red squirrels and capable of storing up to four times more fat, gray squirrels are better able to survive winter conditions. They produce more young and can live at higher densities. Gray squirrels also carry the squirrelpox virus, to which red squirrels have no immunity. When an infected gray squirrel introduces squirrelpox to a ...

  5. Here's what squirrels, persimmons & other natural signs say ...

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    What does the behavior of squirrels say about winter weather? Squirrel at Central Park on October 12, 2023. According to folklore, the bushier the squirrel's tail, the colder the winter. Winlock ...

  6. Black squirrel - Wikipedia

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    A black squirrel in winter in Stirling, Ontario. Heat retention in cold weather has been theorized as a benefit of melanism. It has also been suggested that black morph squirrels have a considerably higher cold tolerance than gray squirrels given the color of their coat. [14]

  7. Fox squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, [3] is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America. It is sometimes mistaken for the American red squirrel or eastern gray squirrel in areas where the species co-exist , though they differ in size and coloration.

  8. Goetze: These tiny critters can delight. Ground squirrels ...

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    The slightly larger Rio Grande ground squirrel has nine or 10 rows of non-bordered, distinct, white, square spots; whereas, the spotted ground squirrel’s fur has a more cinnamon dorsal color and ...

  9. Southern flying squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Flying squirrels do not actually fly, but rather glide using a membrane called a patagium. [9] [10] From atop of trees, flying squirrels can initiate glides from a running start [10] or from a stationary position by bringing their limbs under the body, retracting their heads, and then propelling themselves off the tree.