Do squirrels ever walk, or stroll?

[koganbot]

Do squirrels ever walk, or stroll?

All I ever see them do is scurry. Or race. They scurry (or race) from place to place. Or they scurry a foot or two and then stop. Then scurry forward a bit more. And stop. Etc.

I have not spent much time studying squirrels, obviously. I am usually in my head having ideas instead, or brooding. Or looking at a computer screen.

I could have gone to wikip to look for an answer to this question.

There are people who study squirrels and such for a living, correct?

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

maybe you need longer legs to walk or stroll?

mice physically have to eat like ALL THE TIME so i imagine this is why they don't linger between snacks and RUN between them -- also dodging predators obviously

but squirrels have sharp claws and are feisty -- how often do they have to eat?

i often wonder if the fast little animals live faster also: is their minute our hour?

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

There is usually one outside my flat. I never see them walking around - they scurry, they hop, they rush through the trees and fling themselves at my balcony, and sometimes when it's sunny, they stretch themselves out flat in a sunshiney spot and have a nap. But no walking!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

definitely add bounding, hopping and leaping to things squirrels do, but i'm not sure i've ever seen one strolling, unlike the urban foxes who do little but stroll.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Their hearts beat faster and they live shorter lives, so I guess we could say that.

[koganbot]

My guess is that front legs move in unison with each other and back legs work in unison with each other, so strolling is not an option. I still have not made any attempts via Google to confirm this.

[koganbot]

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