Mortelliti quoted by Toronto Star about red squirrel personalities
Alessio Mortelliti, a University of Maine wildlife ecologist, was featured in the Toronto Star for his research studying the behavior of small rodents in the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine. The column, which focused on the charming behavior of red squirrels in the writer’s local park, highlighted a UMaine video featuring Mortelliti and his research. “Like humans, animals have personalities,” Mortelliti said in the video. “There’s shyer mice, more aggressive mice, more curious mice, more active mice.”