This question may be kinda silly, but I really am curious.
A squirrel buries his Winter food, usually pecans, in the Fall.
It seems like they bury them randomly.
How do they find where they buried them ? ? ?
2006-12-10 18:36:52 · 6 answers · asked by flyinghawk0727 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
They don't always find it. That is why you will see corn sprouting up in a flower pot or beside a house...happens here all the time as the neighbors keep insisting on feeding the squirrels corn.
I have also found peanuts buried in my window boxes when I was preparing to plant spring flowers (another neighbor must be handing out peanuts to the little boogers).
2006-12-10 18:40:28 · answer #1 · answered by maamu 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pecan GPS.
I would guess it is a part of their instinctual behavior. They know that they have to be able to relocate what has been buried in order to survive the winter.
2006-12-10 18:40:56 · answer #2 · answered by mreheather6 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
squirrels find these if they scratch from the place where they buried.
2006-12-10 18:44:54 · answer #3 · answered by thebig10baby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it just comes natural along with a little help from mother nature. how do you find the ice box in the middle of the night. its no different then how we find the bathroom in the dark middle of the night.
2006-12-10 18:47:40 · answer #4 · answered by BLOODHOUND 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they probably can sniff it out or they make some kind of sign or mark by it to remember.(i think):(|)
2006-12-10 19:14:22 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
by memory or scent
2006-12-10 18:46:17 · answer #6 · answered by Rebecca N 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋