Squirrel brains are definitely “squirrelly”. A few years ago I watched a squirrel climb about 8 feet up an oak tree, pause, then do a backflip to the ground. Lather, rinse, repeat for about 20 minutes. This was only a bit less puzzling because I knew that 2 days before, there had been a bird feeder hanging from the tree on a long metal wire. It was too slick for the squirrels trying to drop down on it from above, but one mastered a backflip that would leave him clinging upside down in a position to eat the seed. So I moved the feeder. Why that squirrel was still working to land on a bird feeder that clearly wasn’t there is beyond me. Maybe his little squirrel brain programming was glitching or something.
Woo-hoo! He makes some great videos.
I love these videos.
Love the squirrel course.
Love watching his stuff. And wow that is a lot of effort by the squirrels
Squirrel brains are definitely “squirrelly”. A few years ago I watched a squirrel climb about 8 feet up an oak tree, pause, then do a backflip to the ground. Lather, rinse, repeat for about 20 minutes. This was only a bit less puzzling because I knew that 2 days before, there had been a bird feeder hanging from the tree on a long metal wire. It was too slick for the squirrels trying to drop down on it from above, but one mastered a backflip that would leave him clinging upside down in a position to eat the seed. So I moved the feeder. Why that squirrel was still working to land on a bird feeder that clearly wasn’t there is beyond me. Maybe his little squirrel brain programming was glitching or something.
@rockblossom Like “Groundhog Day” for the squirrel…
