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Squirrels, Squirrels, And More Squirrels Megan

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Squirrels,Squirrels,And MoreSquirrels

Megan

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About the Author

Hello my name isMegan I am ten yearsold . My favorite sportis gymnastics. I like toclean stuff. Myfavorite foods areChinese food, Meatloaf and Ramennoodles. I’m writingthis because when Igo to my grandma’shouse we eat and welook out the windowand look for birds andsquirrels.

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Who Am IThere are about 300varieties or squirrels.Squirrels manly eatseeds and acorns .Squirrels come ismany different colorand sizes. They live intrees and trees trunks.Squirrels areunusualy born in thespring squirrels aremost active insummer.Squirrels donot do good heldcaptive.

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The Early yearsBaby squirrels areborn with out teeth,hair. They are verytiny and they can’tsee . Their eyes beginopening six weeksafter they are born.The need to stay withtheir mother for along time to feed.

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Habitat Sweet HabitatSquirrels live in holesand live in tree andtree trunks . They livein those areas toprotect them fromthe weather .They eatberries and acornsthat grow in trees.Squirrels have toshare the tree withother animals like birdand bugs.

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What’s on the Menu?Squirrels eatseeds,and acornswheat,bird’s eggs,mushrooms sometimes they eat leaves,berries,oak buds,corn and insects likemoths.Squirrels eatfood that they canfind.

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Making TrackThe squirrels leavessmall tracks you canmostly see them inthe snow. You can’tsee their tracks whenthere is no snowbecause they are notheavy enough toleave marks in theground. They havethree tiny toes theyare so cute!

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Simply Irresistible !Did you know thatsquirrels can live tobe 10 or 12 yearsbefore they die of oldage. Squirrels startmating when they areonly one years old butsince squirrels onlylive till they are 10 or12 years old.

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Where in the World ?

Squirrel live in theUSA and Canidabecause they liethe cold.

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Did You Know? did you know that asquirrel eats 16acorns a week and825 a year. Did you know that asquirrels start togather food in the fallso they can have itfor winter.One squirrel in thewinter needs to eattwo pounds of food aweek.In the summersquirrels need tomake nests to theirbabies.

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Resource Listhttp://news.uns.purdue.edu/images/+2004/swihart.squirrels.jpeg slide1http://lifeinthebigtree.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/baby-squirrels.JPG slide 3http://squirrely.wordpress.com/category/baby-squirrels/ slide 4http://www.arkive.org/media/E67B0A57-10E7-4421-8A49-036026576A39/Presentation.Large/photo.jpg slide 5http://images.google.com/url?q=http://www.pbase.com/1eyeclosed/image/68590201&usg=AFQjCNHyTdy-Q00ILVTvB1uSsAngeHIcrw slide 6http://www.ofnc.ca/fletcher/alphabet/tracks.php slide 7http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/sciencematters/blog/2008/06/even_squirrels_like_coffee.html slide 8http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-political-map-enlarge-view.html slide 9http://www.miamiwildliferemoval.com/squirrel-removal.php slide 10