eli5 – Why do squirrels usually stop while moving before continuing moving?

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eli5 – Why do squirrels usually stop while moving before continuing moving?

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I’ve read that it makes a squirrel harder for a predator bird to catch. Interestingly, I’ve noticed that the squirrels around here rarely do that on the roads these days. I’m thinking that natural selection (by cars) has bred that tendency out of them. They tend to run straight across now.