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=Squirrel=

Xuan Yen Scott

Most squirrels are herbivorous eating seeds, nuts, berries, and shoots. But some species also feature insects in their diet. Ground squirrels are mainly seen in dry places in southern Africa. The ground-squirrels are captivating creatures which occur in open scrubland and semi-desert Long – tail weasels are able to kill an adult ground squirrel mainly when they are underground. Squirrels have strong teeth, it breaks nuts with them. It runs and hides in tree tops. They dig instead of climbing The burrows of these ground squirrels are sometimes shared by suricates which are meerkats and yellow mongooses. The friendly tame rats differ from the European squirrel in that they don’t climb trees. They live on the ground an in their underground caves. All squirrels have long fluffy tails and some are quite bold coloured.

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