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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

“This was shocking,” Jennifer E. Smith, a biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the study’s lead author, said in a press release. “Squirrels are one of the most familiar animals to people. Yet here’s this never-before-encountered behavior that sheds light on how much we still have to learn.”

What?

Squirrels eat mice all the fucking time...

They compete for the same food source, but they're drastically different sizes, it's like if a silverback fought a chimpanzee. And after the fight the squirrel doesn't waste the free meal.

And baby birds. Nonsense article.

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