This little guy knew that he buried some left-over winter food somewhere and after searching around, he found it.
It was the mining magnate, Cecil John Rhodes that brought the grey squirrels to the Cape colony in the 1800s. He was the Prime Minister of the Cape Colony in South Africa during 1890-1896.
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The Cape ground squirrel is common in arid areas and often shares its burrows with mongooses and meerkats and is known to use its bushy tail as an umbrella from the harsh sun. There are tree squirrels, one of which is an introduced species: the eastern grey squirrel, introduced in Cape Town by Cecil John Rhodes from Europe. The rest, such as Paraxerus cepapi, are found in the savanna biome in the north-east of the country.
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Oh yes, he saw me and waited to see if I would charge at him.
Look how carefully he sat and studied me.
Right! He decided he was safe and he popped down from the tree.
I immediately knew that he buried something somewhere, and he was now searching for it.
He found it and scurried back up the tree at speed, so I couldn't see what he found.
But I didn't allow him to get away that easily.
I still could not make out what he was eating.
Ah! Finally, I saw that it was a Jacaranda tree seed pod.
Years ago we came down from far up north on a short holiday to Cape Town, and we visited a place called the Company Gardens. It was the first time that we saw the squirrels, and when one enters the gate a lady was sitting and selling small packets of peanuts. We wondered what it was for, and assumed that it was for children to eat. In the meantime, we saw people hand feeding the squirrels with the small packets of peanuts. So we immediately went back to the lady to get some peanuts and it was the first time that wild squirrels ate peanuts out of our hands.
Far up north where we came from there were no squirrels, but way down here in the south of the country there were plenty of them.
Now we live here, and as you see we get to enjoy the squirrels on a daily basis.
I hope you have enjoyed the story and the pictures.
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We seldom see the little red squirrels normally only up on the North Coast. Larger grey squirrels are very inquisitive, in the gardens they become so familiar it's amazing down in the Cape.
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Now that you mention it, I never saw a squirrel up north there when we worked on the towers. But I am sure that there must be a few there somewhere.
Yep, the grey squirrels are plenty all over here in the Cape. We also saw them far up on the west coast.
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Only ever seen them on two occasions in forest walks and once around the chalets where we stayed, very shy compared to those in the Cape.
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You were lucky to get a view of them. Maybe the squirrels in the Cape have over time become used to people.
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Cautiously curious the little red ones, wrong move and they are gone!
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Maybe that's a good thing as they might increase their population. Be sure that they know who their main enemy is.
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STOPI can see they aren't a native species, but it doesn't say why they were introduced? Was it perhaps because he missed them?
That little guy looks great :) Is he one of your neighbors?
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All that they have to say about it was that he brought the squirrels here, as he wanted to see them in the oak trees of his fancy estate.
Nope, he lives on one of the farms here.
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When do you get your farm :) ?
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I enjoyed the story, you kept me glued from the beginning to the end. The little guy looks cool, I love the way he was observing you, like he was gonna say "Hey man, where are you from?" Lol!
Hahaha, glad you enjoyed the story and let me tell you that little guy knows me very well. Maybe he said, "You again, give me a break and don't you ever rest?" !LOL
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You have done well to capture the dramatic moment of the squirrel. I'm sure he didn't know your were so keen in taking his pictures. Those are fantastic moments.
Thank you and I am keen on taking everything that I find in nature. Glad that you liked the post.
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