Sonoma Mountain Ecology Notes

Celebrating and Caring for the Land

Ground Squirrels Play Time

Young Belding’s ground squirrels (Urocitellus beldingi) test each other’s metal by chasing and wrestling, these bouts of mock aggression also help balance evolutionary drivers like boldness and caution.

For more information on ground squirrels’ boldness and caution: https://repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2296&context=thes

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