Promiscuous Squirrels Sleep With Every Potential Mate, Study Shows

Promiscuous Squirrels Sleep With Every Potential Mate, Study Shows

at 06:00 on December 20, 2010, EST.
The Canadian Press

GUELPH, Ont. - There's a reason female squirrels are so promiscuous and it can't be blamed on their mothers. As it turns out, the randy rodents mostly sleep with whoever shows up, according to researchers at the University of Guelph.

Whether a female squirrel picks one mate or 14 __ the highest one-day tally recorded in the study __ has little to do with genetics, said Eryn McFarlane, a graduate student at the university and the project's lead researcher.

"It's due to their environment, to what they encounter," she said. Namely, how many male squirrels are around at the time, she added.

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I just love how they use the word "sleep" ~ somehow I think that word isn't eggzactly accurate in this case ~

Never heard tale of squirrels sleeping around. Hilarious! 14 in one day, dayam!