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squirrel eats primarily of a wide variety of plants, including nuts, seeds, conifer cones, fruits, fungi and green vegetation. However, some squirrels also consume meat, especially when faced with hunger.[6] Squirrels have been known to eat insects, eggs, small birds, young snakes and smaller rodents. Indeed, some tropical species have shifted almost entirely to a diet of insects.[11]

Squirrel eating a peanut

The Indian palm squirrel is the most common type of squirrel found in India.

Squirrels cannot digest cellulose, so must rely on foods rich in protein,

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