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Written at Friday, April 30, 2010 | back to top

Have you ever seen a squirrel? For some imaginary minds, they may be cute. At least most people think they are cute. their "cuteness", i should say, depends on the individuals themselves.

Some might get confused between squirrels and chipmunks. Ask this to children: "what is a squirrel?' They might answer either 'a cute animal like a rat?'
or simply 'what is that?'

change your question to 'what is a chipmunk?' i bet, most of the children might answer it as 'Alvin and the Chipmunks!' yes, i would have answered that when you asked me about chipmunks. they are a cartoon characters. cute ones too.


this is not what we are talking about now.

so yes, chipmunks is smaller than squirrels but chipmunks are fatter than squirrels which made chipmunks more adorable than squirrels.

let's focus on squirrels. the sizes of squirrels varies. For example, the gray squirrel can be up to three time as large as the red squirrel but smaller than a fox squirrel. yes, there are many many types of squirrels. There are flying squirrels too!



these squirrels usually live in a hole in tree trunks , or in treetop crow's nests. The homes in the treetops are called dreys and sometimes consist of two rooms and a nursery! can you imagine that?


Squirrels start mating when they are a year old. It takes about six weeks from the time the squirrels mate until the baby squirrels, called kittens, are born. Twice a year, in the spring and at the end of the summer, the female squirrel has two to five kittens.



squirrels live up to 10 to 12 years. after their sixth year, they are called as old squirrels. they can be dead either being hunt by predators (e.g. owl), man (squirrel-hunting. poor squirrels), traffic and natural death in which usually happens at the age of 12.

if you want to see one, you can go to a forest reserve and watch the trees. i have actually seen one when i was visiting the Bubungan Dua Belas. There are two of them. they are covered in brownish fur and yes, they are cute but i don't dare to come near them cause they may be 2 possible results 1. they bite. even a cat's scratch can
easily hurt me. 2. they ran and i don't want that to happen since it is quite fun seeing squirrels. out of my imagination, they are not small. they are quite large, about the size of a newborn cat's kitten. they are also thin.

that's it for squirrels. Enjoy.