Those of you who know me, know I love squirrels! They make great chasing material and make me go manic, manic, manic when I see them dart through the yard.So now I am embarrassed. Why? Because I missed Squirrel Appreciation Week - it was October 5-11 this year. How dare I miss the week honoring my favorite nemesis!
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So here's something I did not know about squirrels! The vid below shows that squirrels use their memory, rather than their sense of smell to find their food. Guess with all the Mission Impossible squirrel vids on YouTube, I coulda guessed, but here's a bit of scientific proof. But with my 220 million olfactory receptors, I still think I have an edge on the little buggers. Now if I could just catch me one!
Wow, that's a very interesting video! It's amazing that animals with such small brains can be so very smart. Maybe they use their whole brain, whereas humans only use a small percentage. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat was an interesting video. I really love squirrels, too, but we don't have any at our new house and I miss them terribly.
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I wanna get one too!. I bet if we sat in a tree...
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