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Chickarees, or Douglas squirrels, live in northwest pine, spruce, and fir forests. To feed, they gnaw through the stems of green cones. The cones fall to the ground, and the squirrels climb down after them. They dig seeds from the cones, or they hide the cones away to save.
The chickaree's loud, chattering call is similar to that of the eastern red squirrel. Its coloring is reddish-brown on the underside, with upper parts rusty in winter, and in summer olive brown with a black line on the sides.
Offspring are born in June, usually five to a litter. By fall, the young can care for themselves.
Question
According to the passage, how does a chickaree get food?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
It digs seeds out of the ground and carries them up into its tree to eat.
2.
It chews cones off the trees and follows them to the ground to pick out the seeds.
3.
It waits for the cones to fall from a tree, then gathers them and stores them for winter.
4.
It steals cones from other animals who harvest them and digs the seeds out of the cones.

Answer 1

To get food, the Chickarees, or Douglas squirrels 3. waits for the cones to fall from a tree, then gathers them and stores them for winter.

What are Chickarees or Douglas squirrels?

The Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) is a pine squirrel that inhabits the Pacific Northwest of North America. It may be found there, as well as on the southwestern coast of British Columbia in Canada and the northern Baja California peninsula. Although the American red squirrel also goes by these names, it is occasionally referred to as the chickaree or pine squirrel. The names Douglas' squirrel and Douglas's squirrel are other ways to spell the common name. Because of its distinct warning call, the local Native Americans of Kings River dubbed it the "Pillillooeet."

The Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii), according to John Muir, is "by far the most intriguing and important of the California Sciuridae." With its tail, which is around 13 cm long, an adult is about 33 cm long and weighs between 150 and 300 grammes. Seasonal variations in their appearance. They have pale orange breast and belly in the summer, and their backs are a greyish or nearly greenish-brown colour. Their legs and feet are brown. The coat is darker in the winter and grayer below; the ears also seem considerably more tufty than they do in the summer. Like many other squirrel species, Douglas squirrels have a white eye ring.

As early as February, mating can take place. A four-week gestation period is followed by an eight-week weaning period for the altricial young. Although four is more typical, a litter can contain up to six kits. Each year, they have two litters in the southern and lower regions of their habitat.

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According to the passage, how does a chickaree get food?

Answer options with 4 options

1.

It digs seeds out of the ground and carries them up into its tree to eat.

2.

It chews cones off the trees and follows them to the ground to pick out the seeds.

3.

It waits for the cones to fall from a tree, then gathers them and stores them for winter.

4.

It steals cones from other animals who harvest them and digs the seeds out of the cones.