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>In most cases, the food they dig up will be supplies they have buried themselves during autumn, yet this may also be food stored by other squirrels. It is estimated that a squirrel will lose 25% of their buried food to such “robberies”.
>To reduce the risk of losing their buried treasure, if a squirrel knows that another squirrel is watching it, they have been known to engage in “deceptive caching.” This is when a squirrel digs a hole and vigorously covers it up again, but without depositing the nut as part of an elaborate game to throw off potential food thieves.

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do squirrels feel sadness when they dig and do not find the acorn they knew they left there?