Squirrels sort their nuts before hiding them

2019-03-08 49 Dailymotion

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Foraging squirrels organise their nut stashes by type, quality and possible even preference, a new study suggested.

Like how humans organise their larders, squirrels arrange their food stash into more manageable collections to remember where they buried it and conceal it from potential rivals.

Those who collected nuts at a single location frequently organised their collection by nut species keeping each stash separate.

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