What Is The Difference Between Chipmunks and Squirrels?

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  • @tonyochiha9798
    @tonyochiha9798 2 дні тому +45

    A huge difference between the 2 species is that in the early 1980s, three chipmunks named Alvin, Simon, & Theodore formed a very popular musical trio & starred in their own television show under the management of their adoptive father, Dave Seville.

    • @goldman77700
      @goldman77700 2 дні тому +7

      This was EXACTLY the comment I was looking for.😂

    • @pedrocruz4409
      @pedrocruz4409 2 дні тому +3

      I preferred the “knock off” version of Melvin and the Squirrels

    • @Mic_Flex
      @Mic_Flex 2 дні тому +1

      😂😂😂👏👏👏

    • @claudiaimmerzeel5415
      @claudiaimmerzeel5415 2 дні тому +6

      1960s, not 1980s

    • @dondragmer2412
      @dondragmer2412 2 дні тому +1

      I used to watch them on TV, and I had a couple of their records.

  • @tmwk__
    @tmwk__ 2 дні тому +10

    I actually had a pet squirrel for a while. I raised him since he was a baby. They make interesting pets, but honestly, they're better off in the wild. He had a tendency to climb up and knock over things in the house. And though he never bit me, he could scratch you like a goddamn wolverine. In the end, I ended up releasing him. He hung around for a while until I think he integrated with the wild, or maybe a hawk ate him. I'm sure he's long gone now and maybe has descendants out there. I named him Jumping Jack.

  • @seanbigay1042
    @seanbigay1042 2 дні тому +11

    Chipmunks are Disney. Squirrels are Marvel. 😊

    • @Derpy1969
      @Derpy1969 17 годин тому +1

      Disney owns both.

    • @scamptheelectricchipmunk5046
      @scamptheelectricchipmunk5046 3 години тому

      The Bagdasarian family doesn’t like it either. Also Marvel isn’t the only company with a squirrel like superhero because DC has CHP the green lantern.

  • @LFacts-news
    @LFacts-news 2 дні тому +3

    02:30 I absolutely loved how the video explained the adaptability of squirrels across various environments! It's fascinating how these critters can survive in so many places, from forests to our own backyards.

  • @bbkmm1
    @bbkmm1 2 дні тому +11

    Squirrels cause more damage than Chipmunks. And the Red Squirrels around here are absolutely omnivore. I've seen them eating other dead squirrels.

    • @terrykrueger
      @terrykrueger 2 дні тому +4

      Yeah that claim about them being herbivorous is bunk.

    • @aztecakidgames3672
      @aztecakidgames3672 2 дні тому

      They eat mice and bugs

    • @medleyshift1325
      @medleyshift1325 2 дні тому +1

      In the northeast US at least. Chipmunks will damage your foundation, while squirrels will not. So YMMV.

    • @JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey
      @JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey 2 дні тому

      They're rats with cute haircuts.

    • @benyomovod6904
      @benyomovod6904 16 годин тому

      Eating meat will help them get a bigger brain like our ancestord

  • @BoxStudioExecutive
    @BoxStudioExecutive 2 дні тому +4

    I once saw a squirrel do parkour. It was running, jumped, kicked off one tree to land on another and scurried up that tree. Crazy shit

  • @figmo397
    @figmo397 2 дні тому +4

    So chipmunks are ground squirrels with racing stripes!

  • @MackeyDeez
    @MackeyDeez 2 дні тому +2

    Glad you didn't use the scary music on this video because we don't need to be scared of chipmunks and squirrels.

  • @paparoysworkshop
    @paparoysworkshop 17 годин тому

    Chipmunks are also much braver than other Squirrels. You can get a wild chipmunk to eat from your hands in about an hour while it will take several days for tree squirrels. We have black squirrels, red squirrels and chipmunks where I live. The Chipmunks are often at my feet looking up at me with their cute little faces asking for food. And of course, I can't resist them. 🐿🐿🐿

  • @EmilyJelassi
    @EmilyJelassi День тому +2

    Squirrels are just rats with fluffy tails... we have them in abundance where I live and they have zero fear... they'll play chicken with you while you're driving. Again, rats with fluffy tails! I wish we had chipmunks...❤
    Our squirrels have been known to bite the light bulbs off of the light strings and bury them everywhere; we've been finding bulbs ALL over our backyard for years now!!

  • @JesseJurun
    @JesseJurun 2 дні тому +3

    Tree rats and ground rats are all cat food.

    • @kenneth9874
      @kenneth9874 День тому

      And the feline parasites are coyote food.

  • @stephenr6913
    @stephenr6913 2 дні тому +2

    Where I live there is a variant of the grey squirrel, the white squirrel. They are not albino. Apparently they are extremely rare but I see them daily on my walks. They are a mascot of my village.

  • @coryfeldman-hz2yj
    @coryfeldman-hz2yj 16 годин тому

    If you put a chipmunk in a pokeball it will eventually turn into a squirrel.

  • @Michaelkaydee
    @Michaelkaydee 20 годин тому

    5:05 Tails will also curve over the body like a parasol

  • @drjekelmrhyde
    @drjekelmrhyde 2 години тому

    They're both cute until they get into your house and cause $1000s of damage.

  • @jackperson3626
    @jackperson3626 4 години тому

    Thanks!

  • @joshc441
    @joshc441 2 дні тому +1

    You forgot to mention squirrel will eat snakes too.

  • @jenniferofholliston5426
    @jenniferofholliston5426 2 дні тому +1

    My Australian cousin hadn’t seen squirrels when she visited me in the U.S. So I guess the introduction had not been too successful.

  • @stuartdryer1352
    @stuartdryer1352 5 годин тому

    I'm not convinced squirrels have great vision. This is based on observing how they react when they are in the street and I approach on a bicycle. The position of their eyes would also limit depth perception.

  • @angusmcnaughton
    @angusmcnaughton День тому

    There are no Squirrels in New Zealand 🐿

  • @maxkim7937
    @maxkim7937 2 дні тому

    As a korean american, i have to be prepared every time i go to korea to visit my family. 27° doesn't mean freezing. It means quite warm. What is that like 80° here? 😅

  • @leewaters5949
    @leewaters5949 День тому

    Your pronunciation of "herbivorous" is certainly one way that word coild be pronounced.

  • @ooloncaluphid
    @ooloncaluphid День тому

    Gonna hafta look up the difference between herbivorous and herbervorous. The latter term is a new one for me.

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 20 годин тому

    Chipmunks are Catholic while squirrels are Protestant.
    I mean, they are chip MONKS"

  • @sheilamclaughlin963
    @sheilamclaughlin963 14 годин тому

    Looked like some 13striped ground squirrels

  • @steedbabineaux4401
    @steedbabineaux4401 День тому

    Answer me this!
    How many chucks could a woodchuck chuck???
    Answer: 5 chucks!

    • @13thwho
      @13thwho 50 хвилин тому

      “Hey, you woodchucks! Quit chuckin my wood!” (Old Geico commercial)

  • @prototropo
    @prototropo 2 дні тому +1

    Er BIV or ous,
    not
    hib ERV or ous.

  • @torappuda
    @torappuda День тому

    Her-BI-ver-ous

  • @marymary83436
    @marymary83436 День тому

    One is way cuter.

  • @michaels.2936
    @michaels.2936 2 дні тому +3

    Chipmunks are cuter.

  • @thealkymyst
    @thealkymyst 18 годин тому

    Big bushy tail.

  • @G-POWER.46-lx9hi
    @G-POWER.46-lx9hi 2 дні тому

    DO. 🐕 & 🐺...

  • @pan1african84
    @pan1african84 2 дні тому +4

    Squirrels are a menace. I can hear them in my crawl spaces. I hate them

    • @suchisthisplace
      @suchisthisplace 2 дні тому +1

      you are the squirrel master. they adore your nice house to store nuts in. you should ask them for rent.

    • @QRedknight
      @QRedknight 2 дні тому

      Pellet guns are legal in cities.

    • @jeffbybee5207
      @jeffbybee5207 2 дні тому +1

      If squirrels are your bigest problem your blessed

    • @kenneth9874
      @kenneth9874 День тому

      Stew....

  • @QRedknight
    @QRedknight 2 дні тому

    Ive eat squirrels. Wonder what rat and chipmunk taste like.

  • @TheTransporter007
    @TheTransporter007 2 дні тому

    They both turn inside out when hit by a high velocity pellet.

  • @douglasclerk2764
    @douglasclerk2764 День тому

    Chipmunks are better singers.

  • @musicforaarre
    @musicforaarre День тому

    Herbivorous, not Herbervorous. Aarre Peltomaa

  • @insylem
    @insylem День тому

    What is the difference between animals and horses? What a stupid premise

  • @Derpy1969
    @Derpy1969 17 годин тому

    Tree rats.

  • @corinnecivish7673
    @corinnecivish7673 День тому

    AI images and voiceover are crap. Sadly I will have to avoid your channel in the future.

  • @indyreno2933
    @indyreno2933 2 дні тому +1

    Your video is incorrect, there is no difference, chipmunks (subtribe Tamiina) are squirrels, squirrels are defined by the family Sciuridae as a whole, squirrels (family Sciuridae) are the only extant family in the superfamily Sciuroidea and are split into three recognized subfamilies: Sciurinae (Tree Squirrels), Marmotinae (Ground Squirrels), and Pteromyinae (Flying Squirrels)
    Tree squirrels (family Sciuridae) are split into two groups being the tribes Sciurini (Old World Tree Squirrels) and Alopecomyini (New World Tree Squirrels) with the former being split into the subtribes Sciurina (Palearctic Tree Squirrels), Callosciurina (Oriental Tree Squirrels), and Protoxerina (African Tree Squirrels) and the latter being split into the subtribes Alopecomyina (Nearctic Tree Squirrels), Guerlinguetina (Greater Neotropical Tree Squirrels), and Microsciurina (Lesser Neotropical Tree Squirrels)
    Ground squirrels (subfamily Marmotinae) are split into two groups being the tribes Tamiini (New World Ground Squirrels) and Marmotini (Old World Ground Squirrels), with the former being split into the subtribes Urocitellina (Primitive New World Ground Squirrels), Otospermophilina (New World Rock Squirrels and Relatives), Ammospermophilina (Antelope Squirrels and Relatives), and Tamiina (Chipmunks) and the latter being split into the subtribes Sciurotamiina (Old World Rock Squirrels and Relatives), Spermophilina (Spermophiles and Relatives), Xerina (African Ground Squirrels), and Marmotina (Marmots and Prairie Dogs)
    Flying squirrels (subfamily Pteromyinae) are split into two groups being the tribes Petauristini (Indomalayan Flying Squirrels) and Pteromyini (Holarctic Flying Squirrels) with the former being split into the subtribes Pteromyscina (Smoky Flying Squirrel and Relatives), Petaurillina (Pygmy Flying Squirrels and Relatives), and Petauristina (Giant Flying Squirrels and Relatives) and the latter being split into the subtribes Priapomyina (Himalayan Large-Eared Flying Squirrel and Relatives), Eupetaurina (Woolly Flying Squirrels and Complex-Toothed Flying Squirrel), and Pteromyina (Northern Dwarf Flying Squirrels, New World Flying Squirrels, and Relatives)
    Chipmunks (subtribe Tamiina) belong to the tribe Tamiini (New World Grond Squirrels) along with most other genera of ground squirrels (subfamily Marmotinae) that are primarily or exclusively native to North America or originated exclusively from that continent

    • @gigglybeast
      @gigglybeast 2 дні тому +3

      What exactly was incorrect in the video? You repeated much of the same information that was in the video, including that chipmunks are ground squirrels.

    • @louisepeterson6626
      @louisepeterson6626 День тому +1

      Indyreno2933 What does all that show other than your intellectual egomania???

    • @gigglybeast
      @gigglybeast День тому

      @@louisepeterson6626 - I think he wants to show he can cut and paste wall of text.