Do gray squirrels remember where they store their nuts?
Despite the hours they spend burying nuts, it is not likely that gray squirrels remember where they put them. It all works out, though. Squirrels use their sensitive noses to locate plenty of buried treasure, including their own caches and those of other squirrels. Many of the nuts and seeds left undetected sprout into saplings. Q: Do squirrels carry rabies? Only in a few rare instances have squirrels been known to contract rabies. Usually, if a rabies-carrying predator bites a squirrel, it kills it. If a squirrel survives such an encounter, it is still unlikely to transmit rabies to another animal because a half-inch gap between its back cheek teeth and its front incisors prevents the transfer of saliva, the vehicle the virus uses to travel from a carrier to a victim. Q: Why do I see so many road killed squirrels in fall? It was explained to me this way that in September, subadult squirrels tend to disperse to areas beyond their parents stomping grounds. In pursuit of new turf and foo
