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Red squirrels are very flexible in shifting their daily routines to avoid urban threats, researchers find

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Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research recorded red squirrel activities in private gardens and properties over longer periods of time.

Red squirrels adjust their activities to the presence of humans, domestic dogs, domestic cats, and predators such as beech martens.

Free-roaming domestic cats posed the greatest threat to red squirrels, the scientists found.

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