Humans arenB次元官网网址檛 the only species packing on extra pounds during the pandemic. Some squirrels are letting themselves go, too.

Many squirrels are eating well this fall in New England. But one portly squirrel is so big it earned the nickname, B次元官网网址淔atty McFatterson.B次元官网网址�

Most squirrels sprint or scoot. This one lumbers and waddles after supplementing natureB次元官网网址檚 bounty this fall by helping himself to seeds that fall to the ground from bird feeders.

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It turns out that many pint-sized rodents arenB次元官网网址檛 so pint-sized as they gorge on abundant beach nuts, hazelnuts, acorns and a bumper crop of mushrooms this fall, Shevenell Webb, furbearer biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, told the Bangor Daily B次元官网网址.

B次元官网网址淢any species of wildlife can pack on some extra pounds, but their thick, fluffy fur coat may also make them appear larger in winter,B次元官网网址� she said.

Unlike many other mammals, squirrels donB次元官网网址檛 hibernate, though they do spend a fair amount of time in their nests in colder weather.

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