Bugün öğrendim ki: Hayvanların başlangıçta yenmez gıda maddelerini olgunlaştırmak amacıyla istifleyeceği olgunlaşma önbelleği hakkında. Bir tür Orta Amerika gelinciği olan Tayras'ın, olgunlaştıktan sonra yemek için geri geldikleri bütün yeşil plantainleri sakladığı gözlemlendi.

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**Hoarding** or **caching** in [animal behavior](/wiki/Ethology "Ethology") is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both [conspecifics](/wiki/Conspecificity "Conspecificity") (animals of the same or closely related species) and members of other species.[1] Most commonly, the function of hoarding or caching is to store food in times of surplus for times when food is less plentiful. However, there is evidence that some amount of caching or hoarding is done in order to ripen the food, called ripening caching.[2] The term hoarding is most typically used for [rodents](/wiki/Rodent "Rodent"), whereas caching is more commonly used in reference to [birds](/wiki/Bird "Bird"), but the behaviors in both animal groups are quite similar. Hoarding is done either on a long-term basis – cached on a seasonal cycle, with food to be consumed months down the line – or on a short term basis, in which case the food will be consumed over a period of one or several days . Some common animals that cache their food are [rodents](/wiki/Rodent "Rodent") such as [hamsters](/wiki/Hamster "Hamster") and [squirrels](/wiki/Squirrel "Squirrel"), and many different [bird](/wiki/Bird "Bird") species, such as [rooks](/wiki/Rook_\(bird\) "Rook \(bird\)") and [woodpeckers](/wiki/Woodpecker "Woodpecker "). The [western scrub jay](/wiki/Western_scrub_jay "Western scrub jay") is noted for its particular skill at caching. There are two types of caching behavior: larder-hoarding, where a species creates a few large caches which it often defends, and scatter-hoarding, where a species will create multiple caches, often with each individual food item stored in a unique place. Both types of caching have their advantage.