The tufted ground squirrel, Rheithrosciurus macrotis, is an elusive species living in the dense rainforests of Borneo. The tufted squirrel’s poofy tail appears to be about 30 percent larger than its body volume, or about 130 percent of its body mass, Douglas Main writes for Newsweek.
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Vampire Squirrel Hunts Deer. The tail makes the squirrel appear larger than it actually is to scare off its natural enemy, the Sunda clouded leopard. A squirrel from the tropics of Borneo that holds legendary status of nimble deer assassin?
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Deep in the forests of Borneo lurks a squirrel with the largest tail-to-body mass ratio of any mammal—and a taste for deer blood.Ok, so maybe only one of these facts is verified, but odder animal-legends have proven true in the past. How To Kill Squirrels In Home - Killing a squirrel may seem like something drastic, but people who never had a squirrel make a nest in their house do not know the damage they can make.
Apex Predator. That may be where the myth of its deer-killing powers comes from. Up until now the tufted squirrel has only been caught in blurry stills. Taipan. 2:03. There is an elusive species of squirrel found in the jungles of Borneo that local legend claims to hunt and consume deer. Up until now the tufted squirrel has only been caught in blurry stills. ‘Dayak hunters sometimes find these disemboweled deer in the forest, none of … Trapping a ground squirrel - Duration: 2:03. The squirrel waits on a low branch, then jumps on to the back of a passing muntjac and bites its jugular, forcing the larger animal to bleed out.
Before you go for the kill you should probably try to trap it with a non-lethal trap and release it far from your home. A disemboweled deer or domestic chicken with none of its flesh eaten is a sure sign of a squirrel kill." Tufted Ground Squirrel - Rheithrosciurus macrotis Tufted Ground Squirrel - Rheithrosciurus macrotis. Behold the tufted ground squirrel, one of the strangest tree-dwelling rodents found on Earth.
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The tail is 130 percent of the mass of the rest of the squirrel’s body, giving it the world record for mammalian tail-to-body ratio. 13K 1,809.
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