Eukaryotic cells posses a nucleus the purpose of the nucleus is it stores DNA which is the genetic material for the cell DNA acts as an instruction manual for the other organelles in the cell. While prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus they still have dna but it’s floating around freely
Answer take one piece of the squirrels diet away and see if anything has changed, if not give it that part back and take something else. repeat till change happens if nothing happens then change hypothesis
The organelle that could b malfunctioning is the mitochondria, which packages proteins and without protein for cells, the outcome is cell lysis, or destruction.