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What kind of living environment do squirrels like?

Squirrels mostly inhabit coniferous forests and coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests in cold temperate zones, especially in forests on both sides of hillsides or river valleys. Squirrels like to live alone by trees, and some still nest in trees.

During the day, it is good at climbing and jumping on trees, and its long furry tail plays a balance role. When jumping, support your body with your hind legs, keep your tail straight, and jump up to more than ten meters.

Squirrels don't hibernate, but in snowy days and extremely cold weather, squirrels will seal their holes with hay and hold up their long furry tails to keep warm, so that they can stay in their holes for several days and come out for food when the weather is warm.

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Living habits of squirrels: Squirrels nest on dense branches, or use abandoned nests of crows and magpies, and sometimes nest in tree holes; They eat not only wild fruits, but also twigs, buds, leaves, insects and eggs.

Squirrels like to be vegetarian and eat meat occasionally. Its vegetarian diet is mainly Korean pine, spruce, fir, larch and Mongolian pine. Mongolian almond and hazelnut, acorn dried fruit and seeds; Carnivorous foods are mainly insects, larvae, ant eggs and other small animals.

Squirrels have a developed sense of smell. They can accurately identify the empty shells of pine nuts. The seeds abandoned by squirrels at the top of pinecones are seedless. Although the shells of these seeds have not been bitten open, squirrels can still smell them.