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Squirrels Are Displaying ‘Widespread Carnivorous Behavior’ for the First Time in a California Park, New Study Finds
The familiar rodents, known for eating nuts and seeds, have been spotted hunting and decapitating voles in a gruesome dietary ...
Scientists say it's 'shocking': California squirrels turn carnivorous, hunt and eat voles
Researchers documented the unexpected behavior of California ground squirrels that strayed from their diet of seeds, nuts and ...
New 'Shocking' Evidence Reveals Some of California's Squirrels Are Carnivorous, Study Finds
A new study from the U.C. Davis and UW-Eau Claire found that California ground squirrels not only eat nuts and fruit, but ...
Squirrels were filmed feasting on tiny rodents. Scientists are perplexed.
Researchers said in a new study that they were stunned to witness California ground squirrels, who mostly eat nuts and seeds, ...
New Atlas10d
Squirrels seen hunting and killing small animals for first time
It's easy to assume that the only thing a cute little squirrel poses a threat to is a nut, but it turns out they could have ...
California squirrels are now apparently hunting and eating other rodents
A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They're hunting like carnivores, taking down and then ...
Woodland The Daily Democrat on MSN6d
UC Davis study finds never-before-seen carnivorous squirrels
California ground squirrels hunt, kill and eat voles, reveals a study by UC Davis and UW-Eau Claire, sharing the first ...
Carnivorous squirrels? Scientists observe rodents hunt, eat voles in the East Bay
Some East Bay ground squirrels have given up eating only seeds and plants and now are choosing to hunt and eat other rodents.
Fox Weather on MSN12d
Meat-eating squirrels? New study finds evidence of carnivorous behavior in California squirrels
A new study this year has recorded for the first time widespread behavior of California ground squirrels eating other small ...
Los Angeles Times13d
California squirrels are now apparently hunting and eating other rodents
A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They’re hunting like carnivores, taking down and consuming other, smaller rodents. As part of an ongoing 12-year study of ...