California squirrels are now apparently hunting and eating other rodents
A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They're hunting like carnivores, taking down and then ...
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Squirrels Are Displaying ‘Widespread Carnivorous Behavior’ for the First Time in a California Park, New Study Finds
The familiar rodents, known for eating nuts and seeds, have been spotted hunting and decapitating voles in a gruesome dietary ...
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Meat-eating squirrels are now a thing – and scientists don't know why
Squirrels have long been associated with acorns and other nuts, but a truly wild (ha) discovery was made by researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and University of ...
New 'Shocking' Evidence Reveals Some of California's Squirrels Are Carnivorous, Study Finds
A new study from the U.C. Davis and UW-Eau Claire found that California ground squirrels not only eat nuts and fruit, but ...
'Shocking' report casts light on meat-eating habits of predatory California ground squirrels
California ground squirrels that scientists thought ate only grains are eating the voles, according to researchers at ...
California squirrels are eating another rodent for the first time, new study finds
A study reveals the first evidence of California squirrels eating voles. Experts explain why this phenomenon is critical to ...
Are ground squirrels strictly granivorous?
California ground squirrels exhibit carnivorous behavior by hunting and eating voles, challenging the assumption of their granivorous diet.
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Carnivorous Squirrels Documented in California
California ground squirrels hunt, kill and eat voles, reveals a study by UC Davis and UW-Eau Claire, sharing the first ...
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Blane Klemek Outdoors: Proven ways to keep squirrels away from bird feeders
Squirrels are intelligent, agile and curious mammals. For those who feed birds and have tried devising ways to keep the furry ...