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Gracie studio shot May 6

Gracie is one of my most co-operative subjects right now.

Here is a shot of her taken on May 6.

Look at those crumbs all over the place. She’s a messy eater!

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Squirrel memory test

We all know that squirrels bury nuts in the ground for safe keeping, but how do they retrieve them later? Do they rely on their sense of smell to find them, or do they rely on their memory? Watch this … Continue reading

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Gracie rattles our cage

Some of the local squirrels have figured out that they can get our attention by hanging onto the screen door and shaking it as loudly as they can. This makes so much noise that it can be heard throughout the … Continue reading

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Piggy imitates gargoyle

[Photo credit for image of gargoyle at Mausoleum for Queen Louise-Marie; Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk; Ostend, Belgium, taken by Georges Jansoone 13 June 2005, Wikimedia Commons]

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Attenborough on squirrels

Sir David Attenborough, narrator of the epic Planet Earth series and literally countless other nature documentaries, who has seen the elusive blue whale from a helicopter, stalked the bird of paradise in New Guinea and spent time with tool making … Continue reading

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