… are squirrels. They flip, leap, and vault through the treetops. The “speed and ease with which they navigate the challenging and unpredictable canopy environment is spectacular,” a Berkeley biomechanics expert says.
They also have excellent memories — they have mapped routes, and they remember where they buried their winter food supply. They’re clever, too, outsmarting humans’ best attempts to keep them out of bird feeders.
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