Squirrels, they’re just like us: They have personalities
That may not seem like big news — anyone who’s shared their home with a dog or cat knows they’re all different — but the first rule for scientists who study animals is “Thou shalt not anthropomorphize.”spent two summers lugging a large wooden box through the Rocky Mountains. It was a personality test. She called it the arena.
in Colorado, where she studied golden-mantled ground squirrels. They are asocial, meaning they live by themselves. Aliperti would catch a squirrel, allow it to settle down in a “waiting room” connected to the arena, then open a door to let it into the testing area. A video camera recorded what happened next, including how active the squirrel was, whether it jumped around the arena and whether it investigated the holes in the floor.Golden-mantled ground squirrels aren’t believed to recognize their reflection as themselves.
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