Just like a Cat

@akalinus (44366)
United States
October 12, 2020 3:00pm CST
There are one or more squirrels that visit the tree in front of my house. I have seen them running up and down the trunk and hanging around in front of the tree. The other day, I noticed one pooping. It went a few inches under my car, dug a little hole, and pottied. Then it covered it up. It glared at me as if asking for a little privacy. Wow, I thought, just like a cat would do it. I don't know how I got through my life and never saw that before. Have you ever seen some everyday thing that surprised you?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
13 Oct 20
We do not have squirrels here, but I know that cats are not the only animals that bury their excrement. Big cats often bury their poop, possums and foxes also do.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
14 Oct 20
@akalinus I searched online, squirrels are among the animals that bury their excrement.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Oct 20
It was just interesting to me to see one do it. I thought it just fell out of the trees.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
20 Oct 20
@LadyDuck Thanks, I never knew that before. Animals are so interesting!
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Thelma
@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
12 Oct 20
I only see squirrels when I am walking.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Oct 20
I never noticed them all that much before and am wondering what else they do.
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Thelma
@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
12 Oct 20
@akalinus I see. Now you know.
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Oct 20
@thelme55 It is just funny because it never occurred to me that they poop at all.
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
12 Oct 20
would'ja wish someone/thing to watch ya do yer business? yepperz, they bury such 's quite a few critters do. 'tis to mask their scent. i see schtuff e'eryday that makes me wonder how i've missed't all these years. critters 're most fascinatin', much fer me to learn still.
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
13 Oct 20
@akalinus 'tis 'lways a good day when one learns somethin' new :)
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Oct 20
@crazyhorseladycx Yes, amen to that.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Oct 20
I am sure that there are many more things for me to learn. Yes, animals are fascinating to no end.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Oct 20
I've never seen that. I'm sure it would surprise me if I did.
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
20 Oct 20
It sure did surprise me. I never expected to see that.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
23 Oct 20
@just4him All these years and I saw something I never saw before.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Oct 20
@akalinus I'm sure you didn't.
jaishankar
@Shivram59 (50131)
• India
19 Dec 20
@akalinus We have four or five squirrels who live in the "neem" tree in front of my bouse.I have never seen them do so, but I would not be surprised if I see them do.Animals do .many amazing things.
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
19 Dec 20
I have lived a long time and that was the first time I ever saw that.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
20 Dec 20
@Shivram59 I have read that crows are quite intelligent. I believe that they are. I have seen crows that look like they have a purpose for what they do.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (50131)
• India
19 Dec 20
@akalinus You saw them do so,I did not.But I know they can do many more amazing things.I have read crows know how to count and they lend food to birds who get nothing to it.Though I have never seen them counting or lending,but I believe they can.
CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Oct 20
Oh my that is too funny. Never witnessed that before. I have seen two birds during mating season, mating.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Oct 20
I think I have seen birds doing that but never a squirrel pooping like a cat.
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Oct 20
We have loads of squirrels here that definitely dig the holes . . . but now that you mention it I've never seen one actually do their business! Come to think of it, I never do see squirrel poop - whatever that looks like .
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Oct 20
I do not know what it looks like. I did not dig it up to examine it.
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Oct 20
@akalinus Then maybe that's why I do not see it either . . . they've dug and buried it somewhere .
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Oct 20
@much2say I would say that is right, pretty much.
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