Nature Notebook
- Eileen Carlson
- May 22
- 1 min read
I was watching a squirrel feeding when it began to rain. His tail rose up in the air and folded over his back and he continued eating. What’s a little rain when you carry a furry umbrella? The Greeks considered that conspicuous tail when they called the animal skiouros (meaning shadow-tailed) which became the word “squirrel.”
