Squirrels are beautiful animals that hang out in trees and are usually very nervous and very difficult to approach.

Although in Venezuela the squirrels found in Plaza Bolivar tend to be more trusting and many children feed the squirrels peanuts, although these are black and by surprise I found this squirrel behind the science museum where I went with the girls and I see this Red-tailed Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis).

This squirrel was very shy although it went up the tree and then came back down which tells me that the people who are in that part feed the squirrel in that tree and its food is there.

These squirrels are not only an element of decoration but are very important in the ecosystem where they disperse seeds, flower pollen and fungi, so they are important dispersers of different species.