Dramatic Ground Squirrel

squirrel poop, Ice Age

Frozen squirrel poop hints at sights and smells of Ice Age ecosystems

Ancient squirrel poo doesn’t stink. At least not at first. But that changes when you begin to break down the pellets. Melting them made it clear that they were not mineralized, stony fossils, says biomolecular archaeologist Tyler Murchie of the Hakai Institute in Canada.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 1d

Researchers investigated ancient squirrel poop frozen in permafrost and found enlightening details about the animal's ecosystem

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Squirrel poop dating back to last ice age is full of mammoth, horse DNA

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Ancient squirrels ate meat like 'zombies,' and the proof is in the poop

Frozen ancient squirrel feces from Canada's Yukon have revealed a lost Ice Age world. These coprolites, dating back up to 700 ...

Nature

Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’

Fossilized poo harbours remains from mammoths, bison and big cats, including some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed.

Indiatimes

10 fascinating squirrel facts that reveal how clever these tiny animals really are

Squirrels are usually treated as background animals. They cross roads in sudden bursts, disappear into hedges, sit on electric wires as if balancing there means nothing at all. In cities, people ...

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