Churchill – Wexler Films, 10 min 45 sec Shows how a gold-mantled ground squirrel at Crater Lake National Park has learned to solve problems connected with getting food. Illustrates how an animal can learn to find food that is hidden from view or out of reach.
This is one of the AV Geeks favorite films, mostly because Squeak is somewhat of a working class hero who, inspite of what obstacles “the Man” puts in his way, always perseveres.

Okay, so in showing the film “Squeak the Squirrel” audience members always challenge me that Squeak is really a chipmunk. Well, here’s the same species of squirrel that I found at the Natural History Museum in Iowa City. So there…

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