Publication: NBC News

UCLA Expert: Daniel Blumstein:  Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: Akvile DeFazio noticed the squirrels in her La Verne neighborhood acting weird: “just plastered on the sidewalk,” she said. Don’t worry about a squirrel splooting, the article reads, it’s just trying to beat the heat.

UCLA News: Blumstein explained that the squirrels “get really flat when they’re trying to shed heat. Bears do it, squirrels do it, rabbits do it, dogs [too],” he said.

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