[Time 2] 3:24 Besides thesquirrels’ common activities, there are a lot of facts that we don’t know. 285 kinds ofsquirrels were scattered across the globe. Sometimes, squirrels can help the propagation of the trees they lived on by scattering and burying the seeds of those treesto other places far from the trees, but because sometimes the environment whichthe seeds buried is not suitable for trees to germinate, the squirrel would hinderthe reproducing of those trees. [Time 3] 3:29 The factthat the cones of limber pine trees thicker seed coats and more resin makes thesquirrels harder to eat the seeds of those trees, moreover, cones had fewerseeds than normal and less energy per seed. Squirrelsnot only eat the mushrooms but also dry the fungus on the branches in order to make them store long period and resist infection. Accordingto the different types of the foods, squirrels can categorize the foods andchoose to eat or store them in different ways [Time4] 2:22 The flyingsquirrels has begun to attract more notice and to be protected by ESAprotection The knowledgethat we know about the flying squirrels is not enough to protect this kind of creature. [Time 5] 2:06 The flying squirrels face multiple threatsincluding climate change and human activities. We hope this animal could beprotected by the FWS. [Time 6] 3:07
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