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Squirrel gnawing on a deer skull

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Uploaded by on Mar 7, 2010

A squirrel chewing on skulls. Like all rodents, a squirrel's teeth are constantly growing so they need to wear them down -- they also need calcium in their diet. This behavior probably fulfills both needs at once.

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  • Have you ever seen them eat baby birds?

  • @RPfishh no, i've heard that they do that. i've seen them eat beetle grubs from a fallen tree

    recently i added a squirrel skull to the collection and they've been gnawing on that...the little cannibals!

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  • Calci-yum

  • @FluffyFeralMarmot XD

    I saw one raiding house sparrow nests. It's hard to believe that they are considered to be a factor on cottontail populations.

    Oh I've also seen them drop the same mushroom from the trees about three times. They would gnaw a bit of it and then drop it out only to get it later. No idea what effect the mushroom had on the squirrels.

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