Food Habits
This squirrel feeds on grasses, sedges, mushrooms, bog rushes, bilberries, willows, roots, stalks, leaves, flowers, and seeds. Sometimes this squirrel carries food back to its den in its cheeks.
Read more about this topic: Arctic Ground Squirrel
Famous quotes containing the words food and/or habits:
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—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)
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—James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)