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Life is just a glass of sunflower seeds.

Ears with seeds in glass - Hmmm. This is something new.

Hey! What are my seeds doing in that thing?  Where did everybody go?

 Ears thinking about how she will handle her problem.

I'll just lay here a few minutes and keep watch over my stash until I can figure a way to get those seeds.
OK. I think i'm on to something here.

Four feet squarely planted.  Now what?

 This is harder than it looks. This thing is really slippery.

I wish I had something sticky for my feet.  Here goes!

Ears deMunk
 

A Very Clever Chipmunk

Humans tend to think they are the only ones who have the ability to think out a problem and find a solution.  Ears teaches us that chipmunks need to be able to think if they are to survive in the wild.

In the first photo, ears approaches the glass and sees the seeds inside.  She has never seen a glass before.  In the second photo, she stretched out next to the glass (you never leave seeds for someone else to find) and took a few minutes out before deciding her next move.  Maybe she was hoping someone would make it easy and empty the seeds onto the board.  In the third photo she has jumped to the rim of the glass, and finding it stable balances herself on the rim and peers in (see photo 4).  

Success! I got 'em. Now to get out with the loot.    

Got 'em!  I've got to keep my hind feet on the rim of this thing. Now how do I turn around?

This is not the first time we have seen a chipmunk solve a problem.  One day, I gave Chip E deMunk a grape.  She apparently wasn't hungry, but didn't want to take the fruit to her den. She was standing in the woodpile next to the stoop and seemed to know that if she put the grape down on the wood it would roll away.  She picked the grape up by her mouth and looked around.  On the top of the woodpile was an old seat that had holes drilled in it where the chair back would have been mounted.  The bottom of the hole was blocked by a piece of wood underneath the seat.  Chip walked over, placed the grape in the hole, and then sat down on the stoop next to me for a visit.  When she was ready to eat the grape, she got up, reached in the hole with her front paws, and then sat on the seat and ate it.  She was a pretty clever chipmunk.

Learning about wildlife is very exciting.  In fact, sometimes it is a real eye-opener to discover how clever and creative animals can be.  

 

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