Squirrels, in the mountainous area is more common, remember our hometown in front of a big tree, often early in the morning, you can see squirrels jumping around above, it is very interesting. At that time, I did not know about squirrels, nor had I seen them carefully, so I only had a general image of squirrels in my mind. Many small friends and xiaobian should be the same, do not understand squirrels. Coincidentally, today let’s learn more about squirrels.

Squirrels, mainly divided into tree squirrels, ground squirrels and stone squirrels, according to their living environment to distinguish. Two other types of squirrels are endemic to China, namely rock squirrel and lateral rock squirrel.

Squirrels’ living habits and other animals are a little different, they like to be active in the daytime, they are especially active in the morning, as I saw when I was a child, like jumping between branches and branches, playing, foraging, very happy. The squirrel’s tail is very long, they live in the tree without pressure, tail hook branches, hanging upside down, is a thing they like. Squirrels basically come to the ground at dawn or dusk to feed. In the fruitful autumn, they store a lot of food, either in tree holes or in holes they dig themselves.

Squirrels are mostly herbivorous squirrels, more vegetarian, sometimes also eat meat. Their diet consists chiefly of the nuts of spruce, fir, larch, sylvestris, hazelnut, and acorn, the seeds of which the squirrel also eats; Meat is mainly insects, larvae and other small animals. Squirrels also eat tree shoots and mushrooms when they don’t have enough food to eat.

Squirrels build their nests in leafy branches. Sometimes they use abandoned nests made by magpies or crows. Sometimes they find a hole in a tree and settle down. And squirrels don’t need to hibernate, so they’re active all year round.

Squirrels have a remarkable ability to tell the difference between empty and solid nuts with remarkable accuracy. Even when a nut has no openings or gaps, they can tell the difference between empty and solid nuts when they smell it, thanks to their acute sense of smell.

Squirrels, they’re very sensitive, agile animals, and it’s fun to come down and watch them play. But squirrels are now endangered animals. We should protect them while loving them