Scrat is shown in the first film, naively making his way through the ice age with his only possession: One single acorn. Phylogenetic analysis has reinforced this theory and lends tenuous, yet encouraging evidence to the fact that the creature “Scrat”, made famous by the popular Ice Age animated movies, may indeed have been a direct ancestor of the common Delmarva Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger cinereus). This corresponds with the current 31 million year estimate the point at which, so-called “modern day” squirrels were thought to have diverged from a common ancestor and were later introduced into Western North America, most probably as a result of continental drift.įurther laboratory analysis of the unidentified mammal’s jaw structure, revealed the presence of a primordial, saber-like tooth structure, while a computer-generated reconstruction of its backbone and tail revealed the animal to have possibly been a common ancestor of the common day squirrel. Palaeozoologists working within the University of Science and Technology, Ottawa, were on an expedition in the Ottawan Mountain Range, and while engaged in a dig, came across what appeared to be the partially-preserved fossilized remains of a small mammalian creature, dated to be approximately 36 million years old. Scrat is also nutty when it comes to his acorn.Īn example of one of Scrat's torture.

He was struck by lightning, chased by avalanches, got into fights with piranhas and Sid (In the first film after the dodo bird fight). Scrat is usually a glutton for punishment, having to risk his life to get his nut back. This doesn't last for long as he always loses it.

Once succeeded, he usually hugs it, buries it or pretends to eat it. Scrat also has small saber-teeth similar to a saber-tooth tiger and a large curled bushy tail nearly as big as his body. He has a pointed jaw like a rat and a body similar to a squirrel. Scrat is a crossover of a squirrel and a rat (hence the name Sc-rat), is small and has brownish fur.

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