Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 459
. Nicholas : The other day we found some cherry-stones with round, regular lioles in them underneath theroot of a big tree. IVIany little ants were running in andout of the holes. We wondered whether the ants made theholes, but we do not think that so small an animal couldbore through the hard… … THE CHERRY-PITS EATEN BY GROUND SQUIRRELS. for tiny particles of the meats of the pits thatthe squirrels did not get out. Under magnification the markings of the teethshowed plainly on some of the nuts. I am puzzledto know how the squirrel gets the meat out of socomparatively small a hole. can…
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