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Do Squirrels have the memory and the cognitive abilities to solve a maze?
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Natural World - Super Squirrels
The squirrel family is one of the most widespread on earth, so what is the secret to their success? There are squirrels that can glide through the air, outwit rattlesnakes and survive the coldest temperatures of any mammal. It is time to meet the animal family we should never underestimate - the super squirrels. Narrated by Olivia Colman.
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@maryjordan3178 Год назад

Yes they can. They are good at solving puzzles!

@HalfShelli 4 года назад

I can’t believe anyone in the history of squirrel-human interaction had a doubt for even a SECOND that squirrels could solve mazes, no prob.

@chrisfahr5997 3 года назад

I second this

@montecarlostar 3 года назад

My exact thoughts lol

@tabletopwarrior 4 года назад

Can they solve them? Given a chance they could design them.

@dandeliondown7920 3 года назад

This is all reverse trickery. The squirrels have manipulated us into feeding them.

@applecore323 4 года назад

BRAVO!!!!! Love these smart guys!!!!!

@dathyr1 2 года назад

Amazing, Squirrels are smarter than we thought. That is why they are so good at solving allot of Bird Feeder detering devices. Plus they are stubborn, persistent, and dont give up after first try fails.

@Omnivolv Месяц назад

They are actually one of the smartest animals. They can remember 9000 food hide spots. It’s insane I rescued one two years ago. He’s awesome

@geyza0711 6 лет назад

clever little bugger

@kerrfamilylaw7487 3 года назад

The squirrel can just smell it’s most recent route. Not necessarily “remembering” the route. You’d have to supply a “clean” version of the same maze to see if the squirrel actually remembered the paths, recognized it as the same configuration, and remembered where the reward was.

@voidremoved 3 года назад

What makes you so sure? Did you know squirrels hide nuts and remember the location of each nut? They do not smell the nuts they remember the location and find the nuts again by examining the environment and remembering where the nut is hidden

@ThatOneWeirdGal 2 года назад

My brother, there have been many studies on this, that squirrels and rodents in general have a better memory than humans. Squirrels are the smartest of the rodent family. They bury roughly 10,000 nuts in a year and can remember all locations in which they hid their caches, not just by smell. Read some studies and you'd be surprised what you'd learn. I'm a lab animal technician who works with squirrels as well as other rodents, so I know a great deal about the different kinds of studies and research, and new research that is being done.

@dancepiglover Год назад

Yeah, but when figuring it out the first time, it might have left scent everywhere.

@squirrel-P998 5 месяцев назад

So cute ❤❤ Squirrels have very smart brains ;) I love them. They like to play games, solve puzzles.❤❤ When you see them, please be considerate, give them food, and don't hurt them. There are very few safe areas in the forest or city for them.

@iannewton3820 9 месяцев назад

It's especially remarkable because the maze is un-natural.

@geronimo5537 3 года назад

the power of marking everything you touch

@Mr.Unacceptable 6 лет назад

You need pad that the squirrel will trigger that changes his route. if he goes the wrong way it triggers a block of the first hole and opens another. 3 routes in but only one open at a time. Will they trigger it to get to a faster route to the goodies?

@SnoopyDoofie 6 лет назад

Maze Runner 3

@ceciLOVEtaco 4 года назад

Since squirrels can bury thousands of nuts for winter ,his memory defintely is good or how can he remember where are the nuts? You need a more complicated version of maze ok, hooman.

@stephaniehughes1247 3 года назад

i know this squirrel did not

@hypnoooooooooooooooooooooooooo 3 года назад

Am I the only one here because of Mark Rober?

@luciabrown8778 6 лет назад

Squirrels are so fun to mess with 🥜

@bantoid 6 лет назад

Hunky cameraman.....

@toaster-boyy 4 года назад

mark rober anyone?

@lakeyc9947 3 года назад

Use this as a “I’m here from Amanda McCants” button

@DenorrisBanks 6 лет назад

If you ever seen a squirrel dodge 50mph traffic you know this answer already.

@foxhound6364 6 лет назад

Weird. These things are so stupid about other things. I can shoot one, and 20 seconds later, another will climb over that one's body for the food. These things will literally crawl over piles of their buddy's corpses seconds after seeing other squirrels get shot. Sometimes they'll start nibbling on the dead squirrels too.

@barry-allenthe-flash8396 6 лет назад

Yeah, and they are unbelievable suicidal when it comes to running in front of cars too. Nothing smart about seeing a massive object coming down the road and running out in front of it versus when your way across is totally clear. Squirrels have some bizarre behavior

@foxhound6364 6 лет назад

Barry-Allen The-Flash I guess it is understandable in an evolutionary sense, though. It was surprising to see that they could do the maze when I've only ever seen them act like mindless eating machines.

@ahmetkerem4769 6 лет назад

No one cares about your thoughts. Because they think you as stupid unnecessary commenting machines.

@foxhound6364 6 лет назад

AntitheistExmuslimAtheist They are delicious, and make for a great stew while camping.

@ahmetkerem4769 6 лет назад

Humans are delicious, too!

@jonmars9559 3 года назад

Their memory is also aided by a pretty impressive sense of smell. Once they've got it, they can follow their own scent trail.

@applecore323 4 года назад

Smart cuties. You can see the wheels in their brains turning as they navigate the maze

@Amy-zb6ph 6 лет назад

A lot of animals are a lot more intelligent than people usually give them credit for being. I wish I could make a maze like this for my cats. I'll bet the cats would enjoy it, even if they did solve it rather quickly.

@fazza2104 3 года назад

Yeah they might be smarter than *some* people cough cough

@Master_Therion 6 лет назад

But what if the squirrel got too distracted to concentrate on solving the maze? "Hey, look, a squirrel."

@CMBoydon 6 лет назад

underrated

@Amy-zb6ph 6 лет назад

Maybe squirrels can't get distracted because they are the masters of distracting everyone else. Look how much they distracted the photographers filming them. lol

@spinazzola5373 6 лет назад

smart little guy.i love them so much

@ayanahmed8176 6 лет назад

Beautiful animal.

@yeossoyabean9965 4 года назад

A Intelligent animal as well

@phatgus1349 4 года назад

I know I am :)

@shorelinesquirrelsnfriends1840 4 года назад

I have squirrels!!

@phatgus1349 4 года назад

Duh, we can

@phatgus1349 3 года назад

@@RedTaj no, I prefer phat. It sounds better

@derynsdoings4884 3 года назад

Smarter than some humans I know

@bobporch 2 года назад

Squirrels are really cool and they are all smarter than the average congressman.

@JohnnyAngel8 3 года назад

It makes sense. Squirrels learn routes while traveling through tree branches, too.

@OssieWhite 6 лет назад

That was pretty entertaining and I love nature so nice job!

@foxhound6364 6 лет назад

Ossie Weldlife I don't kill them for fun. I kill them because they are delicious and hunting them means you don't have to pack as much food when camping. You have to kill at least 5 per person for a good serving.

@OssieWhite 6 лет назад

foxhound6364 Something else is imagine if someone 50 feet away from you is pointing their finger and all of a sudden you feel them bite your neck. they're not dumb. humans get sniped all the time and many people on the street run to help them even though they know what a gun is and that the guy still has vantage. Some even loot dead people even though they did not kill them.

@foxhound6364 6 лет назад

Ossie Weldlife These squirrels aren't running to help the dead squirrels. They lack the cognitive function to put together that the other squirrels dropping dead in a pile in front of them and the sound of a gunshot means this is a bad situation for them. Instead, they just see whatever food the other squirrels were after as now uncontested or the other squirrels as a new source of food. It makes sense that they evolved that way, but they turned out even less intelligent than your average rat or mouse. Other than fish, they are the least intelligent animal I've hunted. They are cute, though, so people hate when you kill them. I personally feel worse about eating pork, because I used to have a pet pig that was smarter than any dog I've owned.

@OssieWhite 6 лет назад

foxhound6364 again as most animals are afraid of the sound of gunshots squirrels are more aware of their most likely predator, Owls If they heard an owl or saw one swoop another up they would run for cover. The thing is that their opportunistic instincts focus on not starving instead of saying " I might drop dead out of coincidence as well." also like how you just said fish are dumb they're not humans are some of the most cunning deceptive and innovative creatures on the face of the planet so to have to trick them into biting a hook means that they are smart. Be honest if you saw three $100 dollar bills or £300 rolling around on the sidewalk you would not think sniper.

@foxhound6364 6 лет назад

Ossie Weldlife lol. I guess I wouldn't but if I saw a stack of bodies next to the money, I'd start having my suspicions. I know that they evolved that way, I'm just saying that as far as animals go, they are some of the least adaptive and run almost purely on instinct, like a fish. Other animals like deer have actually been shown to remember what time of year deer hunting season begins and ends and behave differently during them. They'll notice if there are humans or other predators in an area, and remember not to go there, etc. You could shoot a squirrel in the leg, and it would come back ten seconds later to try to get the food again, over and over, and it wouldn't ever be able to determine that the area should be avoided.

@siva6137 6 лет назад

Is Olivia Colman the narrator of this show?

@wanderer1955 3 года назад

The little critter cheated, his dad designed and built the maze. I saw through him, he didn't fool me.

@dougdigby765 3 года назад

That was interesting and entertaining.

@BotPiotr 6 лет назад

well, that's kinda usefull to not get lost, when you live in a forest and have a territory... I mean, that was expectable...

@rizzt007 6 лет назад

Omg... The squirrel survive the maze.. Amazing

@raptorekpl 6 лет назад

“If you place a huge pack of rats into a labyrinth, at least one of the rats will find the exit. The rats successful escape is not related to it's intelligence, nor is it a wonder or something mysterious. Given the law of averages it would very surprising if none of the rats will able to find the way out.”

@KeegoonBarnacle 6 лет назад

raptorekpl But these are individual squirrels, not huge packs.

@jasmines9390 3 месяца назад

Are we certain it’s based on memory and not scent?

@MrBonners 2 года назад

they follow a scent trail. most rodents do this

@quiettornado1970 3 года назад

so if u get lost in the woods, you need to ask a squirrel the way out.

@jelmerjoekema2237 4 года назад

So, this maze is standing up. I wonder if they could finish it when the maze is lying down

@Noname-dg1bn 3 года назад

Check out Mark Robbers squirrel challenges

@NOONE-cd4gu 4 года назад

This is how you can study animal behaviour without locking them in a cage

@HAZARDIEamir 6 лет назад

That’s what happen morty.

@twal3 4 года назад

They are smart little guys. But I don't usually make them just through such hoops for nuts.

@danielrollins4315 3 года назад

I would like to have seen a comparison to the average human vs squirrel.

@caligirl3666 3 года назад

I love squirrel mazes, cause ya can’t make a bad squirrel maze.

@al145 6 лет назад

hahaha, the "no cheating" piece of plexi at the end. Nice

@janex8733 6 лет назад

How about remake that maze into ten times its size?

@lapiscake1211 5 лет назад

why does he look so much like pewds

@GuidingSlasher 6 лет назад

Amazeing

@mars137 6 лет назад

Tiger

@mizanshikder7252 6 лет назад

remembers or smells?

@NickSBailey 6 лет назад

Remember, if it was smell they'd get there around the same time each time with little change but it's obvious they're learning when it takes them much longer at first progressing to almost instant after a few tries.