If you decide to go to a park or forest, bring your peanuts, because they are so loved by squirrels living almost all over the world. These cute animals aren't just in Australia and at the poles. But don't take peanuts with you, because proteins don't digest them.
These small animals are characterized by peaceful temperament and natural ingenuity. In order to survive the harsh winters, they store nuts, and protein needs an average of about 3,000 nuts for successful wintering. They arrange all sorts of hiding places in the forest, but until spring they forget about half of it and they in turn serve as food for other animals.
They love to eat not only coniferous tree seeds, but also to ruin the bird's nest and even attack the newborns will bunny. And this, despite its small size, the weight of an adult usually varies to a kilogram. A ravenous animal eats as much food as it weighs itself in a week. And for a day they are able to choose nuts from a moan of cones.
The most interesting thing about protein is its fluffy tail. It serves as a kind of steering wheel, it corrects the trajectory of its flight - jump, with the help of which the animals communicate. He also slows down the free fall and the squirrel can land from a height of 20-30 meters without any damage.
When the moulting season begins, and it happens twice a year, the coat on the tail moulting only once. The tail not only helps the animal, but also can kill it. If a protein gets into the water, it tries to prevent the tail from getting wet. After all, the wool becomes several times heavier when getting wet, and the animal can drown.
By the way, some proteins in the process of evolution have decided that flying is very convenient and have grown special membranes between the front and back legs. This is how flying squirrels appeared.
A few decades ago, the skins of these animals were highly valued, and in ancient times they were in the place of currency. People have learned to tame these fluffy animals, but despite the fact that the life expectancy of squirrels in captivity is much higher than in the forest, they do not reproduce.