Sure, most Bollywood fans must have heard that old, yet famous song, "Aye dil hai mushkil jeena yahan, zara hatke jara bachke ye hai bambai meri jaan" — loosely translating to, "It's tough to survive in this city of Mumbai, you ought to beware and be alert!"

And if this applies to humans, it's no small wonder how would meek and helpless creatures such as squirrels survive in this cut-throat city! Indian or Three Striped Palm Squirrels are highly adaptable and vociferous mammals, who grudgingly share their habitat with other animals such as owls, bats, domestic dogs, black kites and crows. But they seem to have a special dislike for cats and snakes, which can climb right into their cotton-filled nests and gulp up the litter of two-three pups.