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Once upon a time, some ancestor of the squirrel climbed a tree and escaped a predator. Since then, squirrels have evolved so that they are very good climbers, and are good at living in trees. There are also ground-squirrels and other ground-dwelling rodents that are kin to the tree-dwelling squirrels.
