ANSWERS: 4
  • Is it foraging ?
  • Squirrels stash away food to keep them through the winter. They need to hide it well enough that other animals don't find it. The word I hear most often in reference to a squirrel's food collection is "cache."
  • There are 2 types of hiding.... "scatter hoarding" and "larder hoarding".... they do this to hide food from other animals.... their food is typically nuts
  • Squirrels hide their food to help get them through the winter. This is called hoarding. They practice "scatter" hoarding so that if an animal finds one stash they will still have food in other places.

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