Since it's fall I find it easy to picture squirrels putting the finishing touches on their cache of nuts to keep them going during the winter months. Though they don't hibernate they aren't very active either during winter months but their metabolism is still fairly demanding so it is beneficial that they are highly organized about their nut storage. They can store around 10,000 nuts for a winter so it is important that they can remember where they are when they need them and they do this in a manner similar to how humans put their groceries away in that they sort the nuts and store the same types of nuts together,they also try to store their favorite nuts closest to their drey. I can't think about squirrels without remembering Hammy from "Over the Hedge",I have a friend who is every bit as hyper as dear Hammy and her name is Pammy!
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