Goddammit, squirrels. One more show of sudden genetic superiority, and I'm going to have to lobby to have you put on the Terrorist Group Watch List.
To protect their winter stores of nuts, gray squirrels have learned how to stage fake burials so that thieves will get stumped when looking to heist their precious cargo of various nutmeats. Dr. Michael Steele of Wilkes University in Pennsylvania found that about a fifth of all nut burials are fake. The incidence goes up when the squirrels believe their stores are under particular threat.
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