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Curiosities: Why do chipmunks make that annoying sound?

“This group tends to live in underground burrows. When they are above ground feeding, they are constantly on the lookout for predators – feral cats, hawks, owls and eagles,” says Hannah Carey, a professor of comparative biosciences in the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine who who studies hibernation in the 13-lined ground squirrel.