Does it take a while for squirrels to develop good eyesight?
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The babies are born blind like kittens. It does take awhile but if you are feeding tem nuts, they should be able to see. Perhaps their poor sight is heriditaary.
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Mostly, they don't unless their in zoos.  Once there habitat is gone, they're gone.  Squirrels are the exception.
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It all depends on what environment they live in. There are nocturnal (night) animals that see very well at nightime. Birds of prey (eagles, hawks, falcons) have great eyesight for when they are high in the sky. Octopi have great eyes for being underwater. SO, it all depends on where they are.
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Pprobably they have a good memory or they dig the nuts in certain positions that can be easily located later. But probably they have sophisticated senses and can smell the nuts even underground. (Not all the nuts will be located, some stay there all winter and come out at spring.)
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i did a small unit in animal behaviour and physiology and from what i remember .. birds have a much narrower vision (acuity of vision) which enables them to detect preys for examples from large distances while flying .. thats all i know, it not ... mm .. that informative.. but i hope it helped .. lol
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Different animals see different ranges of color.  Scientists can determine this largely by looking at the structure of the eye, to understand what light waves a structure responds to.
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For me, early in the season while leaves are still on the trees walking works best while they're feeding in the trees. When the leaves drop and most of the nuts have too (around here acorns, beech, and hickory) I'll walk about 50 yards, sit for 15 - 30 minutes, move another 50 yds., etc.
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Because people find that small furry creatures are cute, and squirrels seem so playful most of the time...and sometimes just a bit 'nutty'.
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Squirrels eat acorns when they can't get picnic food, and make their homes in trees.  They are somewhat territorial, so the more trees there are, the more squirrel families the park can support.\n\nNot that you want more squirrels.  Rats with bushy tails.
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The predatory mammals (which includes us humans) -- flesh-eating hunters such as the cats the dogs, wolves and foxes; the bears; and the weasel family -- have binocular vision: eyes in the front of their heads, with powerful eye muscles that enable them to focus very rapidly and to contract or dilate the pupils according to whether the light is bright or dim. An animal that is preyed upon by many enemies has its eyes out on the sides of its head: each eye with its own field of vision. For example, a cottontail rabbit can see what is above, behind, on either side, and in front of it except what is right before its nose. He probably does not see the clover leaf he eats. Species which are hunted by other animals but which are predators themselves at times, commonly have eyes that are a compromise. A possum's eyes are located at an angle of about 30 degrees with the axis of the body.
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I believe if you can improve your eye for boys, you will have a good one. It all depends on you.
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Chances are they have a visiual cue to the colour of the berries. Its really a co-evolutionary thing. The tree wants to spread its seeds so it signals to the bird with bright red berries for example....come and eat me. Also many birds have very acute vision.....think of vultures flying high above the plains scanning for carrion. Animal senses can be very different from ours.\nCheers.
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Black squirrels are a melanistic phase of the Eastern Grey Squirrel. They are common in northeastern North America, and in some places of europe, outnumber the grey squirrels by a ratio of about 10 to 1. They have also been found in the UK.
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The squirrels in my yard eat anything they can find. Of course, the bird seed that I put out, but I have also seen them eat the bark off of small trees too. The leaf buds from trees, as well as digging for flower bulbs and bugs. They also find a few acorns that they had buried previously. Again, anything they can find, they are omnivorous.
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Excluding bats doesn't change the answer.  The answer is no.  Sight requires photons to hit specialized optic cells and generate a nerve signal.  No photons - no nerve signal.
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A quick question with a quick answer: They're not blind.\n\nBut if you're still curious if they use it to navigate around... No.\n\nThey use their hypersensitive antennae to navigate, distiguish objects, detect vibrations and find their food.\n\nA cockroach with its antennae cut off will die of starvation.\n\nI do this ALLLLLLLLLLL THE TIME!!!!\n\nAND ITS FEEEEEEEEELLS SO GOOOOOOOOD!!!\n\nYucky creepy bastards!
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The house was over run by killer squirrels. Thing was, they couldn't clime. So we, my 2 brothers and I, were having to jump from our beds onto the dressers. We had to swing on our doors to get out of our rooms. We just kept jumping from the different pieces of furniture so we could get out of the house. When I looked down it was just the sea of brown squirrels with really sharp teeth.