ScienceDaily (Oct. 4, 2012) — Researchers at
the University of California, Berkeley, are gathering evidence this fall
that the feisty fox squirrels scampering around campus are not just
mindlessly foraging for food, but engaging in a long-term savings
strategy. Humans could learn something about padding their nest eggs
from squirrels' diversification efforts.
UC Berkeley researchers are studying the hoarding behavior of fox squirrels.
Of course, with squirrels, it's not about money, but about nuts.
"Think of them as little bankers depositing money and spreading it
out in different funds, and doing some management of those funds," said
Mikel Delgado, a doctoral student in psychology who heads the squirrel
research team in the laboratory of UC Berkeley psychologist Lucia
Jacobs.
Continued: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121004121642.htm
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