No, this isn't an article written for (or by) squirrels – humans can actually eat acorns under certain circumstances. The nuts stem from oak trees, and can actually elicit a mild, nutty flavor.

But unlike the squirrels you may see chowing down on one outside, humans need acorns to be cooked prior to consumption. "Raw acorns contains tannins, which make them unsafe to eat raw," Best explains.

Gray squirrels will eat a variety of nuts including acorns, hickory nuts, beechnuts, and walnuts, but they’ll also eat berries, fruits, seeds, and even buds and flowers along with cultivated grains.

In a 1986 study published in Ecology, scientists added tannins to food made from white oak acorns. They found that grey squirrels would eat more of the food that had a lower amount of this ...

And what’s more, they plot against the squirrels and birds that eat the acorns. When the animal populations grow robust, the trees might become stingy with their crop, ...

But squirrels don’t eat them all, at least right away. They are inveterate cachers and race about furiously burying the hard nuts in the ground. Blue jays also bury acorns on an epic scale.

A squirrel eating an acorn in the grass Phil Mitchell Clearly, the gray squirrel was spending only a few seconds on each acorn. The animal removed the cap with its lower incisors, then proceeded ...

But unlike the squirrels you may see chowing down on one outside, humans need acorns to be cooked prior to consumption. "Raw acorns contains tannins, which make them unsafe to eat raw," Best explains.

No, this isn't an article written for (or by) squirrels – humans can actually eat acorns under certain circumstances. The nuts stem from oak trees, and can actually elicit a mild, nutty flavor.