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When gathering nuts, Fox Squirrels will often use physical techniques to evaluate a nut before deciding whether to eat it or stash it away. During periods of food scarcity, it was found that squirrels will spend more time assessing the quality of a nut, and covering up the caches where they hide the nuts. This video shows what scientists refer to as the "Paw Manipulation" and "Head Flick" techniques used to evaluate food. The more paw manipulations a squirrel made, the more likely it was that th

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