Explore the wild on Instagram: "🐿️ Just trying to get a peanut… but there’s a whole science behind squirrels. What looks like a funny clip of a squirrel diving into a jar of peanuts actually reflects how resilient, smart, and essential these little mammals are to ecosystems. 🔹 Memory Masters • A single squirrel can bury 3,000–10,000 nuts per year, and remember most of them months later. • They use a method called “spatial chunking”: organizing nut locations by type and area, almost like their

A fox squirrel buries between 3,000 and 10,000 nuts and seeds every year, storing them in multiple locations and often organizing them by type. They use a variety of techniques to remember where they have stashed their food, including memory, smell, and spatial organization. #squirrelsoftiktok #wildliferehab #wildliferescue #educational #foryoupage