Whoa! The Greeks thought that squirrels used their tails as parasols, and the generic name, to this day— sciuridae— is from Greek skia> “shade” and oura “tail”. Ha ha the joke’s on me. I don’t think they all do that, though. Maybe the typical gray squirrel etc. doesn’t need to take special steps to keep cool.
Whoa! The Greeks thought that squirrels used their tails as parasols, and the generic name, to this day— sciuridae— is from Greek skia> “shade” and oura “tail”. Ha ha the joke’s on me. I don’t think they all do that, though. Maybe the typical gray squirrel etc. doesn’t need to take special steps to keep cool.