How do squirrels remember where they buried their nuts?

Most of the time, they don’t.

Squirrels really do work hard to hide and bury nuts and each may bury thousands of them per year.

Unfortunately, their memories are about as good as this writer’s memory and they forget what they buried twenty minutes after hiding it.

The nuts they do find later on are generally not their own and are located through their excellent sense of smell.

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