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Often featured in fairytales, the red toadstool mushroom fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) is toxic to humans and many animals. However, experts have observed that Japanese squirrels can safely eat ...

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FROM the earliest times, toadstools have had the reputation of being poisonous, and most people know some way or other of distinguishing which of them by chance is edible. The fact is, however, that ...

Associate Professor Suetsugu Kenji (Kobe University Graduate School of Science) and independent photographer Gomi Koichi have observed a Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) routinely feeding on well-known ...