I recently learned that there's a reason squirrels bounce around like their shit don't stink.
Arctic ground squirrel shit doesn't stink.
UNTIL you thaw it out of the permafrost and then it very very much does. www.sciencenews.org/article/froz...
www.sciencenews.org
DNA preserved in ancient scat reveals what Yukon ground squirrels ate and what animals shared their world.
