We also didn't have them, but after South Africa became a UK colony, and English Lord was appointed as the governor, and he imported the squirrels and the oak trees from England.
They are indeed cute critters and at our old place we had a half time squirrel that jumped on my wife many times to search her pockets for nuts. Every time the squirrel got lucky and we named her "Squirry"
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RE: Owls and squirrels, an interesting story.