Eli5: Why are there so many squirrels in cities?

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I get why cities support crows, rats, raccoons, and other animals that eat our garbage, but squirrels don’t. What do cities offer squirrels?

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Squirrels actually do eat garbage. It’s not their first choice, but they will if pressed. It happened in Vancouver, BC when due to a really weird set of circumstances, their option number one food source was cut off, so they began raiding garbage cans.

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