Would you consider the squirrel as a mischievous animal? Justify your answer.
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The poet describes how the squirrel, covered in gray fur, sits in an upright position on a tree branch eating a nut. His tail looks like a question mark because of its bent shape. The happy and lively squirrel loves to play with the poet and her friends.
That's one of the conclusions of the most comprehensive study of the squirrels' decision-making process—research that revealed that their behaviors are far more intricate than the casual observer realizes.
Delgado, a Maine native, said she has always been obsessed with animals and was interested in better understanding what they do instinctively in the wild. She has a background in cognition, which deals with problem-solving, memory and thinking, and had worked with pigeons and zebrafish. For her graduate work, she wanted to study the behavior of animals living in their natural environment. She also wanted to do research that would help people understand that animals—different as they are from humans—have complicated problems to solve.
To better understand how the squirrels make caching decisions, she conducted a series of experiments using basic equipment. For identification, squirrels were marked with a nontoxic dye that disappears with molting.
They're pretty mischievous," Campo said. "They go up on roofs, in bushes, up trees and jump from tree to tree. They were definitely hard to track at times; some squirrels were more so than others."
"Animals are as smart as they need to be, including humans," she said. "They have evolved to solve a particular type of problem, and for squirrels that problem is storing food and finding it later. They are really good at that problem."