Brief biography of proteins
Squirrels are a genus of small rodents of the Belish family. The genus includes about 30 different types that inhabit almost the entire planet from Asia to North America. The squirrels are very nimble and immense curious animals about our pets. Each visitor who was delayed by their aviary becomes an object of squirrel attention. Our squirrels are friendly and quite well coexist with guinea pigs with which the aviary is divided in the summer.
They love nuts, fruits, berries. They never make reserves, as they receive food daily. Photos of the animal about the type of animal protein - a kind of small rodents of the Belishka family. The characteristic features of the protein: ordinary protein is the only representative of the family living in Russia. The squirrel has a round head and large black-beam eyes, the color of the squirrel fur coat changes everywhere from red to gray.
The fingers of the squirrels end with sharp claws. The hind legs of the squirrels are much longer than the front. The weight of these small rodents rarely exceeds grams, while the proteins have a long slender body up to 30 centimeters long and a luxurious fluffy tail. For a better touch, nature awarded the protein by supersensitive vibrisses on the muzzle, stomach and front paws.
The color of the wool of the protein and the size of their bodies differ depending on the habitat: the inhabitants of the plain are significantly smaller than their mountain counterparts. Squirrels inhabit forests, mainly coniferous, since it is there that it is easiest to get your favorite food - seeds. In the southern regions of Russia, proteins adapted to life in fruit gardens and even vineyards.
Living on trees, squirrels have incredible fraternity and mobility. It is not difficult for them to make a jump of 4 meters long, while the “steering wheel” serves as a tail. Most of the day, squirrels are devoted to searching for food, this happens in the morning and evening. Squirrels are lovers of nuts and acorns, as well as berries, tubers and even mushrooms. It happens that they do not hesitate to eat larvae, insects and chicks.
During the breeding period, the female protein is surrounded by a flock of males, who in every possible way demonstrate to each other and lover their superiority: they make rumbling sounds, beat the branches with their paws, and chase one after another. Pregnancy in the female lasts up to 38 days, up to 10 blind tiny squirrels are born. Mother Belka feeds them with milk for up to 50 days.
The sexual age of the squirrel is 9 months. In conditions of wildlife, protein is already considered to be outdated at 4 years old, however, in captivity, the life of its life increases to 12 years. The number of these animals is high, so extinction in the coming years does not threaten them. Interesting facts about proteins: Squirrels are the most clean among rodents: males often spend more time to care for themselves than females.
Squirrels have excellent sense of smell: the male smells the female smell at a distance of 1.5 kilometers. Newborn squirrels weigh only 30 grams. Despite harmony, in 7 days the protein is able to eat the amount of food equal to its own weight.
Adult proteins live one by one. Audio tag is not supported by your browser.