Test Your Knowledge Of Animal Intelligence With This Fact-Packed Quiz!

Mason Zimmer|Animals|13 Oct 2023

How do squirrels know where they bury their stored nuts?

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A squirrel eating nuts outside Southwark Crown Court, London.
Retry Correct Incorrect As Atlas Obscura reported, studies have shown that squirrels don’t sniff out the food caches they hide but rather remember where they hid them. But it isn’t just their memories that make squirrels intelligent. They’ve also been shown to try multiple strategies to get through a locked box and learn fast from other squirrels.
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How do squirrels know where they bury their stored nuts?

  • They either get lucky or they starve
  • They use their sense of smell
  • They remember the locations like a human would
  • They look for disturbed ground
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