The heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something serious
by Kai McNamee
Jun 29, 2023
1 minute
Who are they? Squirrels. As climate change is making extreme heat events more common, these bright-eyed and bushy-tailed critters are "splooting" to cope.
- Splooting is behavior some animals use to cool their body temperature. Squirrels are finding cool surfaces and lying on their stomachs, legs spread, to cool off.
- Think of it like
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