♪Intro♪
Hi, everyone —
[An animal squeaks]
What is it, Squeaks?
[Squeaks squeaks]
You didn't say anything?
Huh, I wonder what that is!
Let's look at the Yard Cam!
Oh, look!
There's a squirrel digging in the yard.
You know, she reminds me a lot of our friend Ruffles the Squirrel … and she sounds a
little like you, Squeaks!
[Squeaks squeaks]
Awww, I miss Ruffles too, buddy.
[to audience]
Ruffles is Squeaks' pen pal.
She's an eastern gray squirrel who lives far away, in Chicago, so they keep in touch
by writing letters to each other.
But we haven't heard from her in a while because it's been winter, and when it's
very cold, squirrels spend a lot of their time sleeping.
The squirrel in our yard probably spent most of the last few months sleeping, too!
That's because it's harder for squirrels to find food during the winter.
They eat lots of different things — some of their meals come from plants, like nuts
and fruits, and they'll also eat small animals like insects.
But there aren't many nuts or fruits around in the winter.
And insects spend most of it in a type of deep sleep, so there aren't a lot of them
around, either.
Since there's so little food for them to eat in the winter, squirrels save as much
energy as they can by sleeping most of the time.
They might only wake up once every few days!
They also spend a lot of time preparing for the winter by storing away some food beforehand.
And guess where they hide it?
[Squeaks squeaks]
That's right — in the ground!
It's like they create their own personal kitchen cabinets underground.
That's probably why the squirrel in our yard was digging.
She was looking for the extra food she buried before the winter started — maybe some delicious
acorns.
It's not so easy for squirrels to remember where they put all their food, so they have
a few tricks to help them know where to look.
One trick is to dig it up every few days.
That way they can remind themselves where it is, and at the same time, they can check
on it to make sure it's not spoiled.
Their nose helps too!
They can smell where there might be food buried underground, which helps them remember where
they put it.
Sometimes they'll also sniff out food buried by other squirrels … they might even take
some!
By slowly eating the food they've stored away, they're able to make it through the
long, cold winter.
They do sometimes forget where they've put some of their food.
If a squirrel buries an acorn and doesn't dig it up again, it might start to grow into
the type of tree that makes acorns: an oak tree.
Eventually, oak trees can grow huge — a full-grown oak tree is about 25 meters, or
82 feet.
That's as tall as a building with eight floors!
All from a tiny little acorn one squirrel buried and forgot about.
But now that it's almost spring, squirrels will soon be able to find lots of food again!
Nuts and fruits will start growing on trees, and there will be more insects and other small
animals around, too.
Then they won't have to spend so much of their time sleeping to save energy anymore.
So if Ruffles isn't awake yet, I bet she will be soon!
How about we write her a letter to say good morning?
[Squeaks is excited]
Okay!
I'll get the pencils and paper.
[Squeaks interjects]
Oh, good idea — I'll get the crayons, too!
We can draw her lots of pictures of what we've been up to this winter.
Thanks for joining us!
Do you have more questions about animals, or maybe some art you want to send us?
We'd love to see it!
Just ask a grownup to help you leave a comment below, or send us an email at kids@scishow.com
We'll see you next time, here at the Fort!
♪Outro♪
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