I was watching these two squirrels from the community fitness center . . .
In the first photo below, you can see them on either side of the palm tree on the right. They had been chasing each other across the wooden beams to the left of the tree when one of the squirrels made a leap for the palm tree and the other one followed.
One chased the other to the point they’re at in the photo and that’s where they stopped.
The palm tree, in my opinion, was a bad move, because 1) It’s a very tall tree. From their current position, they’re less than halfway to the top. And 2) Even if they got to the top, there’s nothing to do up there. Look at the palm tree on the left. They’d just have to turn around and come back down.
The coniferous trees, like the one in the middle of the photo, are a much better hangout for squirrels. They can scamper around up there all day.
After several minutes, the squirrel on the left started climbing again. The squirrel on the right didn’t move.
Lefty did in fact make it all the way to the top of the tree, where, sure enough, he or she turned around, climbed all the way back down, and found a shady spot to take a nap.
The other squirrel, which hadn’t moved during this time, then, maybe as an “anything you can do” move, started climbing the tree, reached the top and climbed back down again, reunited with Lefty, and they found a shady spot where they could both take a nap.
