[url]http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28138[/url]

                           From the Klickitat Wildlife area of Washington state
                           comes this startling fact about gray squirrels: It seems
                           that male squirrels are eager to mate two-thirds of the
                           year, while females get passionate for less than a day
                           É actually, for six hours.

                           This is the explanation scientists have for the dwindling
                           gray squirrel population. This means that males must
                           cover a lot of ground in search of mates receptive to
                           their advances. Many of them appear to give up.