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Squirrels Are Getting Fatter Now, Too (Thanks to Global Warming!)
Jul 21st 2010 – 8:54PM
(July 21) -- Some squirrels are getting a lot plumper than they used to be, but the root cause of their weight gain isn't what you might suspect (not saturated-fatty nuts, sorry!): It's global warming. That's the conclusion drawn in a three-decade-long study on the yellow-bellied marmots -- large ground squirrels also...
Background on ground squirrel
The ground squirrels are members of the squirrel family of rodents (the Sciuridae) which generally live on or in the ground, rather than trees.
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