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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts

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Fun fact

Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts

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How squirrels change a forest. I'm Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update.

Squirrels collect and store nuts so they'll have food to last through winter. That thriftiness benefits more than just the squirrel—it helps the trees, too. That's according to Rob Swihart, a wildlife ecologist at Purdue University.

Swihart:

Nuts clearly are dependent on either gravity or animals for dispersal. Squirrels are one of the most important species in this regard.

But not all squirrels provide this service. Swihart and his colleagues have found that gray squirrels bury nuts all over the place, and often forget them. That results in trees growing in new areas.

But red squirrels store nuts in piles on the ground. Those piled-up nuts tend to dry out and don't take root. And because red squirrels adapt better to changes in the landscape, Swihart says the squirrel population might be shifting toward that species.