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I'm imagining a bivouac of social squirrels the size of a small bear.https://t.co/OtbKY4yVIf
Squirrel nests, but dug underground like prarie dogs, or like ants.https://t.co/dNXa7uxQYE
"Policing" behavior from ants, but applied to northern squirrels as they go about adapting to loss of trees.https://t.co/HUTyz9R2Tn
Northern squirrels that end up hunting birds and other small animals (in packs?) due to loss of access to high fat food sources.https://t.co/9QuclnijNt
Wouldn't take much to adapt murderous prairie dog behavior into a similar dynamic as meerkats.https://t.co/TmpAdL5olG
Meerkats are brutal.https://t.co/46HnOuidKr
"I guess maybe it needs some calcium or something?" https://t.co/grpD3W0DWW
Squirrels regularly eat baby birds because they need calcium? I'm not sure that's what is going on.https://t.co/PPbFCCmwpu
"Like most people, I once thought of rodents as seed eating herbivores, but it turns out that many, if not most, rodents are really omnivores that will eat insects or meat whenever they can get it."https://t.co/nmHGXKq2XM
Feral Cats and *Grey Squirrels* as major mammalian predators seeking calcium?https://t.co/apcDS5sayX https://t.co/ZQAYMapqKs
Rabbits need calcium too apparently.https://t.co/d0GWv91qH7
Heh, this has been known about since before I was born, and yet people still think squirrels are all about seeds and nuts (due to the way we talk about it to children?)https://t.co/e8D9IwEka4 https://t.co/qnPpkDVf9C
Squirrels are weird."The actual mating process takes about a minute and often ends when the male squirrel's penis "plugs" the female's vagina with a non-seminal, wax-like substance."https://t.co/s2gNRS7SWf
This can't end well. We're actively working on ways to manipulate squirrel's immune systems so it makes them infertile? I was just joking about turning them into ant colonies, but this is exactly what I would do if I wanted to induce that pattern.https://t.co/AljgmpSiwT
Turning off the immune system is one of their tricks by the way..."immune system of these animals didn't seem to recognize a bacterial infection during a hibernation bout, [...] But when they came out of hibernation, the immune system reacted strongly."https://t.co/3YiH4Ujlpb
A giant ball of squirrels would be able to survive turning back on their immune system for longer periods of time and lead to better survival.https://t.co/rYDP9V6Yyy
I really like squirrels. There are tons more this year in Vermont too!https://t.co/EeaT7hW3Ca
Kopidodon or bust.https://t.co/tEVjPYJuZzSquirrels. BUt 3 feet long to cuddle up to me in the winter like a fren? yes plz.https://t.co/KpPjrEuwvM
Do kangaroos eat meat? Why they so big? is this a true fact?"FACT: There are no species of squirrels native to Australia."https://t.co/9ckD3XUCOHhttps://t.co/U9mexQiQwp
make squirrels springy again.https://t.co/zicap7A00y
I love chubby squirrels.They're a big momma squirrel wandering out back. I'm gonna miss when I move. She looks really healthy. I was hoping to see her babies.https://t.co/mdB51vDpLQ
New place has some marmots nearby at the edge of a forest, so maybe I can make new friends. https://t.co/KSvIZonnTN
Do you think there's a lab out there that could tell me if it is safe to eat hibernating rodent poop? I might not be able to get access to a bear for a while.https://t.co/5suFdKYTrI
They can climb trees, live under ground, and hibernate."When you're talking marmot monax, you're talking this very very large member of the squirrel family."https://t.co/vHi43HKM50
Yas. That video shows something amazing!You can hug them. :3 https://t.co/jg4apLcFQF
What kind of squirrel did this? https://t.co/fgW33zHvnN
Big ground squirrels tho."The caves are lined with scratch marks and peculiar carvings from the claws of a giant beast, which confused scientists for decades. Were huge clawed animals really scouring the planet so recently?"https://t.co/xP8ZvcWKJIhttps://t.co/vPV1m1kK2T
I wonder if the marmots are chunkier because of the pharmaceuticals in the water.https://t.co/IvPSZK9JCW
I wanted giant hibernating squirrels.I completely forgot marmota monax was from Sciuridae. https://t.co/8SRmeoMcOM
Happy to learn that Prairie Dogs wiggle their tails in excitement just like Squirrels and Chipmunks.https://t.co/59LIs7K4xg
Ah yes, the le'mur.It's like Carcinization, but how all tree dwelling mammals eventually evolve to be squirrels.https://t.co/UGiIbSoa0v https://t.co/5Uz9dvCInh
"each population had a different scream" https://t.co/CVXOkcESdfhttps://t.co/f0WxN4uRgZ
Thinking about how squirrels are social creatures that build nests and how many of the species have evolved to not need trees. When suddenly... I remember an idea about how human evolution may have involved access to fats to fuel brain.https://t.co/s6olywm2gJ
It turns out that squirrels (at least the prairie dog version) are smart enough to describe things with language.https://t.co/oZpipUiT6o
I wonder if whistle pigs speak chickadee.https://t.co/zVkA8YkpOJ
Rodents of unusual sizes.https://t.co/G9Xipixnbb
You... Can... Clicker Train... Capys!?!https://t.co/t0TiusImMv
I keep looking for this rodent in a hoodie in this thread but it isn't here. Now it is. https://t.co/j7kvoBhHrO
Thanks to AnimalLogic, I learned that Capy bara "bark".https://t.co/bm7C96VFPZ
Dogs are now funny looking rodents.https://t.co/T1GqGCcGav
OMG. ðhttps://t.co/nO15YPQVxMhttps://t.co/emeuyi8E91 https://t.co/tK06F5clWd
So cute.So cuddly.:3https://t.co/UjtVuC2X33 https://t.co/SZXWcVThYP
Ever try to train a (prairie) dog to talk?https://t.co/xvmOTsUK7u
I got a bunch of crayons on clearance from Michaels so I can do prototypes of T-shirts. Gonna have my GF redraw a marmot for me.The flesh tone ones end up being a perfect match for it.Maybe no one wants to buy it. But I would love marmot shirt anyway.https://t.co/i0PgDQSBxS https://t.co/IRWorJUa6Y
"fuck off, i'm busy!"Every squirrel ever. https://t.co/BmxdXv9MjM
