Their Role
McCleery explains, “Their biggest contribution to the forest is in shaping plant composition. They have a peculiar habit of taking seeds, which are their main source of nutrients, and burying them.” He continued by saying, “They bury them throughout the environment, and often when they go back and look for them, they forget where they are. When that happens, they are effectively planting seeds.” This strange activity, known as caching, improves the forest landscape over time.
Their Role
Mysterious Creatures
“They will expand forests and change the types of trees that are there,” McCleery shared. Squirrels, for example, play a vital part in the long-leaf pine ecology in Florida. McCleery also claims that, despite how much we know about squirrels, there is still so much we don’t. That is why he enjoys researching these strange species. He also revealed another amusing truth.
Mysterious Creatures
