Eastern Gray Squirrel
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The Eastern gray squirrel is the chapter's central organism, demonstrating the costs and benefits of distributed storage (caching).
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The Eastern gray squirrel is the chapter's central organism, demonstrating the costs and benefits of distributed storage (caching). Each squirrel buries 3,000-10,000 acorns annually, spending 42-62 hours on burial alone. With 70-80% retrieval rates, 20-30% of caches are never recovered - but these become oak trees, making squirrels the primary dispersal mechanism for oak forests.
Notable Traits of Eastern Gray Squirrel
- Caches 3,000-10,000 acorns annually
- 70-80% retrieval rate using spatial memory
- Unretrieved acorns become oak trees