Monday 13 October 2014

This Day in Nature: The Thanksgiving Chipmunk

October 13th: Stuffing your face on Thanksgiving dinner? So is this chipmunk. Its cheek pouches are filling up on goldenrod seeds. When the cheeks get full, it will head back to its underground burrow to deposit the seeds next to nuts it has been gathering. Like us, it makes the most of the fall harvest in preparation for the long winter ahead. Happy Thanksgiving, all!

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