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The squirrel is a rodent mammal measures between 35 and 45 cm in length, of which almost half are in the queue. In the forelimbs, the thumb is reduced, but the other 4 fingers are well developed and equipped with long, curved and sharp claws. His head is funny, in her bright eyes and protruding mouth where the teeth are well developed and prominent. If they catch young squirrels, can tame a squirrel and a pet is very sensitive and caring.

There are a number of species of squirrels, very different in color and size, spread throughout the world except Australia. They feed on seeds, bark, nuts, shoots and acorns, burying during the summer in the ground a few inches deep, and then feed them during the winter. This storage do not squirrels at one point, but rather spread over a large area of ​​where they live.

The squirrel set his nest in hollow trees or in hollow branches, and sometimes in the nests of some unemployed jay (bird like a raven), jay or bird of prey. It’s funny how they cover their nest at the top with a dome of very intertwined branches that cover the moss to keep out the rain at home.

The squirrel’s nest has two entrances and inside this house chipmunks Females give birth between 3 and 4 calves. Squirrel pups are very small, have no hair at birth and their eyes are closed. The nursing mother for 10 weeks and gradually taught to move between the branches in which they live. Their training depends on the success of your tail as the squirrel that it constitutes the essential element in maintaining balance in amazing leaps made from one tree to another. After 5 or 6 months and they can be considered adult, as your body and tail have already acquired their full development.

Squirrels hibernate cold countries. This means that sleep all winter wrapped in its tail. However, his dream is never very deep, and any danger, or just your appetite, makes them shake up quickly to escape or dig into the ground to seek dispensation from fruit buried underground during the summer.