Coolest... animal... ever...

I know what you're thinking. Squirrel?
Well, this morning we watched a documentary on the craftiness of squirrels. Based on that documentary, here are FIVE GOOD REASONS why squirrels reign o'er the animal kingdom:
1. They can leap 8 feet with ease.
2. They can fall 40 feet and generall survive.
3. The cleanest of the rodents, they spend much of their time grooming.
4. Squirrels utilize memory (scientists believe they can create a 3-D location map) and a keen sense of smell to retrieve the thousands of nuts they hide each fall. Some scientists theorize that a squirrel's brain actually expands during the autumn to increase memory capacity.
5. Two weeks ago, Kerstin and I watched a squirrel scurry up a brick wall. How cool is that?