In this 18 June 2018 video, five red squirrels, probably a mother and her four youngsters, play at being a train on a tree.
Jose Uitslag made this video in her garden in the Netherlands.
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I have never seen that – how adorable!
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I don’t know whether North American squirrel species do this as well 🙂
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I’ve observed squirrels in Pitsunda, Crimea, as well as in the Puerto Rican forrest, and none of them did anything close to a patterned group activity.
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In the Crimea, there are no red squirrels, Wikipedia says.
I don’t know which species lives in Puerto Rico, but I don’t think it is Eurasian reds (unless introduced).
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They were not red, but are you saying it’s only red squirrels who engage in group activities?
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No, I think other squirrel species also have group activities.
But I don’t know about this ‘playing train’
American eastern grey squirrels might do it: ‘The eastern gray squirrel is one of very few mammalian species that can descend a tree head-first.’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_gray_squirrel
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Thank you; this is fascinating.
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Thanks for your kind words 🙂
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My pleasure, and I am always fascinated by your posts.
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