Tests reveal four squirrel personality traits

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Sep 13, 2021( Futurity.org: http://www.futurity.org Delivered by Newstex) A new study is the first to document personality, or consistent behavior over time, in golden-mantled ground squirrels. The study in the journal Animal Behaviour[1]found the squirrels show personality for four main traits: bol

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Tests reveal four squirrel personality traits

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aggressiveness

animal personality

boldness

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Colorado

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

Gothic

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Callospermophilus lateralis