Abstract
There's more to a squirrel's mad dash to collect nuts than meets the eye. Tree squirrels, it seems, live everywhere we live. Whether in the city or country, squirrels amuse us with their acrobatics or annoy us with their destructiveness. From our casual observations we assume these rambunctious rodents are scatterbrained and impulsive-quick-movers, not quick-thinkers. This especially seems true in the vehicle-avoidance department. When a car appears, they inexplicably dash for the other side of the road-then change their mind and dash back. Their zigzag maneuver, an effort to evade cars, often achieves the opposite result. Street savvy they are not. But road smarts aren't everything.