Squirrels are really cute. Once I was walking along at Durham Academy in the afternoon and a squirrel was eating a PBJ. Another time I threw something away in an outdoor trashcan in DA and I heard a squeak. A squirrel jumped out of the trash can and scampered away. Another time, my dog chased a squirrel up a tree and it decided that it did not like that tree. It jumped down and my dog nearly got it before it was up another tree. Another time my dog was on a hike and nearly fell down a riverbank chasing a squirrel.

There are more than 200 types of squirrels in the world. The tiniest squirrel is the African Pygmy Squirrel which is only five inches long. A really big squirrel is the Giant African Squirrel that is three feet long. Squirrels have four front teeth that never stop growing so they have to wear them down. The most common type of squirrel is the kind that live in trees. Some squirrels live in burrows and tunnels underground. Ground squirrels eat nuts, leaves, roots, seeds, and other plants.

animals.nationalgeographic.com helped me with the last paragraph

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