Squirrelmania!

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Last year, we invited Bay Curious listeners to submit questions about squirrels, and wow did you deliver! In today's episode KQED's Angela Corral joins in as we tackle the nut economy, why squirrel tails are so fluffy, where they sleep and how long they nurture their young. Additional Resources Yes, That Squirrel Might Be Taunting Your Dog. And More Squirrel Facts Read the transcript for this episode Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Angela Corral, with help from Katrina Schwartz, Amanda Font and Pauline Bartolone. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	When it comes to squirrels, I think there are two kinds of people in this world.
0:09.0	There are people, like my husband Sam, who call them...
0:12.0	Tree Rats. They see squirrels as a nuisance, just
0:16.4	another pest that ruins the garden. And then there are people like me who if
0:22.1	given the chance would happily post up under a tree and watch
0:25.4	the squirrels do their thing all day.
0:30.3	Their cute little cheeks as I work over a nut.
0:33.0	They're busy tails that flick this way and that.
0:37.0	I am quite fond of squirrels,
0:40.0	but my affection for them is nothing compared to that of my KQED colleague Angela Corral.
0:45.8	Angela is senior editor of the California report and she seemed like the perfect reporter to tap.
0:52.1	So it might have been the summer of 2020
0:54.9	now that I think about it.
0:56.2	And that, of course, was COVID.
0:59.3	So we were all home.
1:00.7	My kids, my husband, me, my two kittens, my 90-pound dog, were all home all the time.
1:08.0	Angela was putting peanuts out to feed the crows in her neighborhood, which by the way we are not recommending.
1:14.7	One day she noticed someone else was interested in her offering.
1:18.7	Suddenly this little squirrel started coming around. Oh, hey, hold on.
1:27.0	I went and sat on the porch with my peanuts,
1:30.0	and she would just come right up to me.
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