The forests of Arosa offer everything a squirrel’s heart desires: pine cone seeds for the summer and nuts for the winter stock. If you would like to feed the squirrel, please use unpeeled nuts – this helps to chafe the sharp rodent front teeth. An important part of the squirrels’ everyday life. But be careful: peanuts and almonds can be dangerous for the little animals.

In autumn squirrels start collecting their winter stock by burying seeds and nuts. They do not hibernate but do not like the bitter cold weather neither, so they stay hunkered down in their den. When there is a break in the weather, they will venture out to retrieve some of the food they hid. This is why in Arosa the cute animals can be observed and fed throughout the whole year.

This is what it sounds like when a squirrel calls his tree mates or young ones. In spring and autumn up to five little squirrels are born. The little ones are blind and naked and are cared for by their mother in the nest - that is Kobel. The nest looks like a ball. The entrance is sloping down so that it cannot rain into it. Squirrels hear everything - even in their sleep! But not only their hearing is great, they also have good eyes and a fine nose. They can climb, jump and hop - they can even swim and cross small rivers.