![]() ![]() One fisherman reported a wave of squirrels swimming toward his boat and nearly sinking it as they ran over him. The last great squirrel migration was in 1968 in Wisconsin, when hundreds of thousands of squirrels were seen migrating (and dying on the highway and in lakes). Where squirrels had to cross fields, they were killed by coyotes, foxes, and other predators, including people who reported killing hundreds of squirrels (and getting three pennies a pelt). But as settlers started to clear the old growth oak forests, the great squirrel migrations became fragmented. The best part - squirrels could do most of the journey from the East coast to Indiana without touching the ground. When settlers first arrived in this country, they reported squirrels being so thick in the trees above during a migration that they nearly blocked out the sun. ![]() It looks like a leafy piñata in a tree, but please don’t hit it with a stick.ġ0) Squirrels in North America used to migrate in massive numbers, following cycles of bountiful acorn harvests. (Image from Brian Ashcraft)Ħ) In Japan, there are squirrel gardens (where you can pet squirrels with oven mitts).ħ) The white fur on the inner thigh of a squirrel is the softest thing you have never touched.Ĩ) Squirrels pull out their tail fur for their young.ĩ) A squirrel nest is called a drey. ![]() Moments later there was nothing left but bones.
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