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The Fascinating Behavior of Squirrels in Gathering and Storing Nuts
TLDR Squirrels gather and store nuts for the winter, strategically burying them based on factors like size, type, and taste. They engage in deceptive caching and use spatial chunking as a mnemonic device to remember where they put the nuts.
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Squirrels gather and store nuts for the winter.
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Squirrels gather and store food, such as nuts and tree fruit, for the winter, and in addition to nuts, they also eat baby birds while they're in their nests.
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Squirrels gather nuts and land on the ground like superheroes, but they don't store the nuts in their nests because there's not enough room.
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Squirrels store their nuts in an area around their tree, usually where their nest or den is, and can expand up to a seven-acre radius.
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Squirrels engage in deceptive caching by pretending to bury nuts in one location while actually hiding them elsewhere, and they strategically place high value nuts in risky areas to deter other squirrels from stealing them.
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Squirrels strategically bury nuts based on factors like size, type, and taste, using spatial chunking as a mnemonic device to remember where they put the nuts and decrease memory load.
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Squirrels bury nuts and forget where they put them, which helps propagate trees, but humans don't eat acorns because they are toxic and bitter.
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