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  2. Meat-eating squirrels? New study finds evidence of ... - AOL

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    A new study this year has recorded for the first time widespread behavior of California ground squirrels eating other small mammals, specifically voles.. Voles are small rodents that are relatives ...

  3. California squirrels are now apparently hunting and eating ...

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    A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They're hunting like carnivores, ... Squirrels typically eat acorns, seeds, nuts and fruit, but are known to occasionally ...

  4. California squirrels are eating another rodent for the first ...

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    Though humans typically categorize animals by their eating habits, it’s not uncommon for even the strictest carnivore to eat fruit every once in a while, Koprowski added.

  5. Squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Squirrels, being primarily herbivores, eat a wide variety of plants, as well as nuts, seeds, conifer cones, fruits, fungi, and green vegetation. Some squirrels, however, also consume meat, especially when faced with hunger. [21] [32] Squirrels have been known to eat small birds, young snakes, and smaller rodents, as well as bird eggs and insects.

  6. Tufted ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The squirrel is locally reputed to be a carnivore and has been dubbed the "vampire squirrel". [7] According to forest-dwelling Dayak hunters, it attacks and kills deer to eat their stomach contents, liver and heart. The squirrel is said to achieve this by waiting on low branches, jumping on passing deer and biting their jugular veins to make ...

  7. Tree squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Squirrels are generally inquisitive and persistent animals. In residential neighborhoods, they are notorious for tenaciously trying to circumvent obstacles in order to eat from bird feeders. Although they are expert climbers, and primarily arboreal, some species of squirrels also thrive in urban environments, where they have adapted to humans.

  8. Squirrels spotted hunting and eating rodents in ‘shocking ...

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    Scientists have for the first time ever found “shocking” evidence of carnivorous behaviour in squirrels — hunting and eating voles in California.. Ground squirrels are often seen stuffing ...

  9. Harris's antelope squirrel - Wikipedia

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    They are designated as a non-game animal by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. [4] While the species is not endangered, the range of its habitats is being reduced by human developments. [5] Their diet includes the fruit and seeds of local cactus plants, as well as beans of the mesquite plant. They do not only eat vegetation, and also consume ...