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What is a squirrel's natural diet and how does it get its food? Squirrels are some of the specific dietary eaters in the animal world. Most of the other animals that are classified as rodents will eat just about anything. That includes rats, raccoons, and possums. These animals are considered omnivores, which means that they will eat meat based things as well as plants, greens, and other vegetation. That is not true about squirrels.

Squirrels have a very specific diet of what they are willing to eat. The primary diet of the average squirrel is centered around things that you would find on trees. This means such things as nuts, fruits, and seeds are the primary food source. Acorns is the most common thing that squirrels eat, primarily because it is something that can be stored for long durations of time, and still be edible to eat later on. Squirrels like to store up food for the winter, whether they hibernate or not, so nuts make the perfect food to put away for a rainy, or should say a snowy day.

These are not the only things they will eat however. Fruits are very popular as well, especially such things as apricots, apples, and oranges. These are the most tastiest of snacks and will give the squirrels a great source of food that they can enjoy for a quick snack before they get back to work.

Vegetables are also a common food source. Squirrels love to eat such things as avocado, leafy vegetables, carrots, peppers, and beans. They will also eat mushrooms, roots, pine cones, seeds, and lichens. These are all very tasty treats that will definitely give the squirrel the kind of nutrition that they need for survival. While virtually every form of squirrel are herbivores, there is one that will eat meat as well. That is the flying squirrel.

These animals will go after a variety of animals and insects that provide it with the protein that is necessary to protect and maintain the webbing that is on the squirrels' limbs. This means that they will eat things like insects, small birds, and even small mammals. They will also be more than happy to steal an egg and eat it as a treat. Because of their ability to move quickly and swoop down to get eggs, they are the perfect egg thief.

These animals are the clear exception however. All other squirrels are bound to eat off of the land, and enjoy the things that the earth provides to it.

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