Squeaking Baby Squirrels

I am a wildlife rehabilitator; this is a video of the young squirrels I have raised over the past fall, since they were babies.

In this video (recorded in early autumn last year) two of my young squirrels, James and Igor, are practicing their warning cry. They are making a whistling cry because they hear the wild squirrels in the woods screeching to alert their kin that a potential predator is nearby; my young squirrels are instinctively mimicking the call in order to pass on the warning. James is the star of this video -- he continued his warning cry and showed off for the camera after his brother Igor went into the nest box.

NOTE: These squirrels were in a cage because at that time they were not old enough to be released into the wild; I was raising them until they were mature enough to survive on their own. They are currently free, living in the forest where they belong.

Film by ManiacalSquirrel

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