[speerer]

> What is the point except morbid humor?

It'll be part of the time-spent-eating calculation, I expect.

Edit: I think I found the direct quote among a trio from a Goodreads review, which gives more context [0]:

> To get a rough idea of whether the flying squirrel’s nest indeed affords much insulation, I heated a potato to simulate the body of a squirrel and examined its cooling rates.

> I do not know how many seeds a chipmunk usually packs into each of its two pouches—I easily inserted sixty black sunflower seeds through the mouth into just one pouch of a roadkill.

> Some years ago, I took on the brave, or foolish, task of measuring hornets’ body temperatures, grabbing and stabbing them with an electronic thermometer as they left their nests.

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19954417