They spend most of the warm months stacking up nuts and fat stores for the winter. The enthusiastic and sometimes frenzied spurts of energy expended as squirrels dash from one location to the next can leave observers in awe… and a little confused admittedly.
The little guys are so full of energy that it can be tiring to just watch their antics. One squirrel movement, dashing in zigzag patterns, is very useful when they need to escape predators. The squirrel starts off sprinting in one direction then swiftly changes direction multiple times, often leaving the chaser in a daze.
What an amazing survival skill to have! A squirrel with a nut is an intriguing sight to observe. The furry little forager will glance around seemingly to figure out if curious eyes are watching, before identifying and frantically digging into the selected hiding spot. Once the nuts are stashes safely, the squirrel will cover the spot quickly and dash away seemingly to avoid the secret hiding place being discovered.
This behaviour is known among squirrel enthusiasts as caching. Squirrels are known to feign stashing their nuts to trick and confuse onlookers. They will also return to sites and remove nut stashes and rebury them when they are sure no one is looking. Squirrels are not only intriguing in the way they move, but the way they relate to each other is also an interesting phenomenon.
He crouches to jump, I jumped up and off the bush he flew back to the ground. Less than 2 minutes later he is on the outside shower, ready to leap. He crouched. I realized my relaxation time was not to be. I headed for the studio. Not 5 more minutes and he was at the studio, out on the ground chattering away a mile a minute.
Again, the banging and chaos resumed. He had found the window by the entry way, right next to the studio, and was hanging on the screen. I went out to shoo him away. Not one to be easily deterred, he jumped on my shirt and started doing laps around my body.
I walked to a tree where he jumped off, ran up, ran across the low roof, into the gutter and down the wall back to the screen. I tried again to shoo him. No luck. He jumped back on me, and ran between my outer shirt and my inner shirt. Oh dear. I knew I was outdone here by the superior intellect of a squirrel who wanted to come in the house. I walked back to the tree, lured him out of my shirt with a walnut, and zoomed inside to consult Jen and within seconds he was, of course, back on the screen.
Jen and I talked a bit. A clear offer was made to return him. Armed with some new thoughts, and a desire to prove my superior problem-solving skills I decided to try some more to see if I could get Goober to behave better. Also high on the list of things was telling everyone who comes by the house with any regularity, to watch out for Goober.
Fortunately, the next day was a cold one. I closed up every window, and the door to the porch sorry kitties! The theatre has a limited supply of picnic blankets. We make theatre for young people, with young people, telling big stories and small stories in fun, playful and visually innovative ways. We believe theatre is for everyone and make events which are affordable, accessible and easy for our audiences to get to.
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