squirrel

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A squirrel is casually cracking into your latest $67 contraption, and now you understand: You’re competing with a specialist, shaped by a deep evolutionary history in the trees.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

I squirrel away a small handful to snap into a fideo-style chicken soup.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

"What that means is that, in the case of the squirrel, it nibbled on aloe and took those metabolites into its own bloodstream," explained Bromage.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

His animals—a deer, coyote, squirrel and hawk—live in nearby Central Park and the Hudson Valley, and are significant to indigenous cultures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

She let her nose lead her where it would—usually toward the nearest squirrel or rabbit.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney