What Really Goes Into Storing Food for the Winter?

The video explores how animals like birds and squirrels remember where they store food for winter. Birds such as chickadees use scatter hoarding, and their hippocampus grows to aid memory. Squirrels use chunking, a mnemonic device, to categorize and remember food locations. These adaptations help them survive harsh winters.

Describe the mnemonic device used by eastern fox squirrels for food storage.

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How do gray squirrels remember the locations of their food caches?

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