‘Shocking:’ These squirrels are hunting and eating other rodents
California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi) might look like your run of the mill bushy-tailed rodent. But these ...
Squirrels spotted hunting and eating animals for first time
Flesh-eating squirrels which hunt down and devour voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild. Until now, ...
New Atlas5 天
Squirrels seen hunting and killing small animals for first time
It's easy to assume that the only thing a cute little squirrel poses a threat to is a nut, but it turns out they could have ...
Squirrels were filmed feasting on tiny rodents. Scientists are perplexed.
First, the predators ripped off the rodents’ heads. Then they dug their teeth into their prey’s torsos, feasting on meat, ...
These squirrels are cold-blooded vole killers
California ground squirrels are also mostly "granivorous," although they have been known to eat bird eggs or the nestlings of ...
Are ground squirrels actually meat-eaters? New California study finds they eat voles
A new study from researchers in California and Wisconsin shows that ground squirrels, thought to mainly eat nuts and seeds, ...
The Washington Post3 天
Squirrels were filmed feasting on tiny rodents. Scientists are perplexed.
The predators? Squirrels, the populous mammals who have long been known to mostly eat nuts, seeds and plants. While studying ground squirrels in Northern California this past summer, biologists ...
Yahoo News9 天
Squirrels recorded hunting, killing and eating voles for first time, researchers say
A team of scientists researching in California say they’ve recorded multiple instances of ground squirrels hunting and eating voles, describing it as a “novel behavior never ... to be “capable of ...