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Biology

Spatial Memory in Scatter-Hoarding Rodents

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A single gray squirrel can cache up to 3,000 nuts per season, yet recovers over 80% of them using spatial memory, not smell alone.

Why this is interesting

Picture a squirrel burying dozens of nuts each autumn—how does it ever find them again under snow and leaves?