PICK OF THE DAY

THE SUPER SQUIRRELS, 8PM, BBC2

ADAPTABLE, clever and highly skilled at problemsolving, squirrels have become one of the most widespread animal families on Earth. There are squirrels that communicate in complex languages, glide through the air, outwit rattlesnakes, remember the location of 9,000 nuts and survive the coldest temperatures of any mammal. This delightful Natural World film reveals the remarkable abilities of a ‘really special animal’, one that we should never underestimate as being simply a cheeky character. One scientist even describes the squirrel as a ‘three-dimensional, spatial genius’.