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Squirrels, Too, are Prepared For The Change in Weather

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Have you ever seen a splooting squirrel? 🐿

It turns out that squirrels dislike heat waves just as much as we do.

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation stated in a tweet last week that if you see a squirrel stretched out and resting flat on his stomach, he’s just hot and there’s no need to worry.

Splooting is the name of a yoga-like pose that certain animals use to cool off and unwind when it’s hot outside, despite its humorous moniker.

If you see a squirrel lying down like this, don't worry; it's just fine. On hot days, squirrels keep cool by splooting (stretching out) on cool surfaces to reduce body heat. It is sometimes referred to as heat dumping. pic.twitter.com/pD1T3lPbBH

— NYC Parks (@NYCParks) August 9, 2022

Splooting on the ground, in a tree, or any other cool surface helps squirrels stay cool since their tummies have less fur than other portions of their bodies.

According to Kathryn Johnson, a vet nurse with DodoVet, “the process is termed ‘heat dumping,’ and splooting can be a manner that most effectively allows an animal to reduce their body heat by transferring heat from themselves to another object. Squirrels will do this to lower their body temperatures in hot weather on the ground, tree branches, shady locations, and other cool surfaces.

They also require a respite from the heat at this point in the summer, just like we do. Following the successful NYC Parks tweet, many people began sending in their own images of splooting squirrels.

Was just watching a squirrel do this! pic.twitter.com/ACuP5z6bmL

— NYC Plover Project (@NycPlover) August 9, 2022

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— Tammy📚 and CJ🎸 (@RTG_TutorGuitar) August 10, 2022

Additionally, other animals besides squirrels also sploot. To simulate cooler conditions, dogs and cats will often lie on their stomachs.

https://twitter.com/evernanon23/status/1557387876186198016?s=20&t=_E7oeKWdGamDhUhegLPTzQ

Same energy pic.twitter.com/ZrG32AgJ9x

— Malibu Stacy MPH (@MalibuStacyMPH) August 10, 2022

Believe it or not, there are several kinds of sploots as well.

The ‘full sploot,’ which is also the most prevalent, is when an animal’s two rear legs are fully extended behind it, according to Johnson. “There’s also a’side sploot,’ where one leg is thrust off to the side while the other is spread out behind the animal. When one rear leg stretches entirely out and the other leg is still tucked underneath the animal, this is known as a “half sploot.”

Therefore, even if you may already be aware that your dog or cat is in this position normally, squirrels are also quite fine with it (and find it adorable). Let’s hope that the weather will soon become colder!

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