New Atlas19 天
Squirrels seen hunting and killing small animals for first time
After watching squirrels in California for 12 years, a team of scientists has ... opportunistically scavenging dead animals or actively hunting them. Now, we have very clear photo and video ...
Los Angeles Times21 天
California squirrels are now apparently hunting and eating other rodents
A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They’re hunting like carnivores, taking down and consuming other, smaller rodents. As part of an ongoing 12-year study of ...
Popular Science23 天
‘Shocking:’ These squirrels are hunting and eating other rodents
Out of the 74 observed interactions of California ground squirrels and voles between June and July 2024, 42 percent involved active hunting by the ground squirrels. Sonja Wild, UC Davis California ...
The Independent22 天
Squirrels spotted hunting and eating rodents in ‘shocking’ discovery
They found that more than 42 per cent of the interactions involved active hunting of the small rodents by ground squirrels. “This was shocking,” Jennifer E Smith, an associate professor of bio ...