Yin Jin, a police dog handler, who had been assigned to train these squirrels told The Paper that "these squirrels have an acute sense of smell. Independent, and usually docile (except for this one that attacked five people in Brooklyn), squirrels exhibit a wide range of fascinating behavior. One experiment even involved squirrels breaking open a locked box with various tactics – demonstrating their problem-solving skills. These include not just the familiar bushy-tailed tree squirrels, but also marmots, ground squirrels, chipmunks and flying squirrels.

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Squirrels have been known to eat small birds, young snakes, and smaller rodents, as well as bird eggs and insects. In England they can be seen on the Isle of Wight and Brownsea Island, as well as Formby, and in pine forests in Northumberland and the Lake District.

If the squirrel doesn’t come to your feeder regularly, they probably aren’t used to your scent and will be scared off as soon as you approach.

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All their digits have rather sharp claws to make grasping branches and bark much easier when climbing trees.Clearly, they want the food around it, noted MacDonald, but squirrels have many natural predators, which makes them skittish. BRS does not endorse any of the external links on this site and is not responsible for their content. These are messy-looking balls of sticks, about the size of a football, and are lined with moss, leaves, grass, shredded bark and other soft material the squirrel can find.