{"id":40189,"date":"2013-12-22T22:17:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T05:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/22\/squirrel-2.html"},"modified":"2014-01-07T13:50:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T20:50:32","slug":"squirrel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/22\/squirrel-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Squirrel!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Who came first, the park or the squirrel. Actually … the park.<\/p>\n

A bit of fascinating ecological tinkering.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Fascinating Story of Why U.S. Parks Are Full of Squirrels<\/a>
\n In most American cities, it’s hard to walk through a park without spotting a gray squirrel. Those bushy-tailed little buggers are everywhere, chomping on nuts and climbing up trees–but not thanks to nature. No sir. They’re there because we put them there to entertain us\u2014among other things.\n <\/p>\n

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Who came first, the park or the squirrel. Actually … the park. A bit of fascinating ecological tinkering.\ufeff The Fascinating Story of Why U.S. Parks Are Full of Squirrels In most American cities, it’s hard to walk through a park without spotting a gray squirrel. 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