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Re:Squirrel stores thousands of nuts inside man's parked truck by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @07:29PM (#28688663)
Lots of tree species do this. They sync up and every few years overwhelm whatever eats their seeds.
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Re:Squirrel stores thousands of nuts inside man's parked truck by codeismath on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @08:45PM (#28689135)
Phenological event known as "masting": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_(botany)
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Re:Squirrel stores thousands of nuts inside man's parked truck by setr on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @07:58PM (#28688852)
So the same prey saturation strategy as cicadas? I wonder if that also produces a prime-number cycle preference
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