3-Carene and α-pinene in pine wood and sap have anxiolytic and sedative effects on mammals. Decay fungi contain a wide variety of chemicals that are psychoactive in mammals.
A wildlife vet told me a story about doing research on raccoons. They had raccoons who kept getting trapped, and would walk away sadly when they realized they weren’t getting the tranquilizers every time they got trapped.
Are you saying this isn't normal behavior for Squirrel? I was hoping that someone in the world could just execute a perfect back flip and forward roll for the sheer joy of it. (It will be interesting to see if Squirrel returns and more hijinks ensue.)
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