Nutritious Acorns Don't Have To Just Be Snacks For Squirrels : The Salt Despite acorns' wide geographic range and long culinary history, few people eat them. But some fans say they're an untapped ...

But squirrels somehow bypass the results felt by cattle, horses and other animals. “Despite the poisonous properties to humans and livestock, squirrels are known to eat the raw seeds,” the U.S ...

Squirrels will retrieve the nuts as soon as there are no other food sources around. So, if you see the scavengers out in full force this fall, just remember they're on a survival mission.

Sometimes squirrels will even excavate and then rebury their nuts. This strikes Jacobs as a kind of geographic revision: “It’s not like they cache in September and then they have to remember ...