Vole hunting: Novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels(147.6MB, 00:02:38)Shot Date: 2024/07/01 Shot Location: Briones Regional Park, California, USA | ||
 | species Otospermophilus beecheyi Key Words | |
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Vole hunting: Novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels(147.6MB, 00:02:38)Shot Date: 2024/07/01 Shot Location: Briones Regional Park, California, USA | ||
| species Otospermophilus beecheyi Key Words | |
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Animalia >Chordata >Mammalia >Rodentia >Sciuridae >Otospermophilus >
Below is the abstract from the article containing this video:
Dietary flexibility allows animals to respond adaptively to food pulses in the environment. Here we document the novel emergence of widespread hunting of California voles and carnivorous feeding behavior by California ground squirrels. Over two months in the twelfth year of a long-term study on the squirrel population, we document 74 events of juvenile and adult ground squirrels of both sexes depredating, consuming, and/or competing over vole prey. Our video footage, photographic evidence, and direct observations of marked individual squirrels provide insights into the ecological circumstances favoring behavioral flexibility in foraging associated with a decadal peak in vole abundance. Digital video images related to the article are available at http://www.momo-p.com/showdetail-e.php?movieid=momo241126ob01a
Jennifer E. Smith, Joey E. Ingbretson, Mackenzie M. Miner, Ella C. Oestreicher, Mari L. Podas, Tia A. Ravara, Lupin M. L. Teles, Jada C. Wahl, Lucy M. Todd, and Sonja Wild (2025). Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels. J. Ethol. 10.1007/s10164-024-00832-6
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