Re: My squirrels testicles have shriveled up??
One thing to keep in mind is that tree squirrels (sciurus carolinensis) and flying squirrels (Pteromyini) they all have the ability to retract or recess their testes at will, as a prevention from impact injury when they jump from tree to tree branches or landing from a flying/soaring sortie.
This makes sense as the landing of either species of squirrels against a tree branch/trunk occurs will all four limbs simultaneously and since this species of rodents have the largest ratio of testes to body size in the mammal kingdom, storing the testicles in their abdomen sack before landing on a tree is a sure way they would not end up making a mating call sounding like a soprano
It is true however that the hormone gonadothropine is responsible for enlarging the testes during mating time to increase the production of sperm.
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