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Sciuridae Sciurus niger (fox squirrel) Image Caption: A fox squirrel extracts pine nuts while hiding between branches of a Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris). Pine cones are a labor intensive food source, and if squirrels work harder to extract the seeds, the it is more likely to drop a nut and seed a new pine tree. It took this animal an average of eight minutes to eat the seeds from one pinecone. |
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Image Location: United States, South Dakota, Brookings Image Date: 2008DEC19 Image Species: Sciurus niger rufiventer Tree Species: Pinus sylvestris (EXIF infomation is accurate – stamped in UTC). Web Page and Pictures By Peter Leitheiser Updated: 2009JAN01 |
