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Black Squirrel (rabbitea.rs)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/squirrels

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The squirrels around here aren't very friendly, but they are an unusual colour. There's a large black squirrel population around North Hertfordshire, UK. This one was in Letchworth Garden City.

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[–] LesMotsBalaises 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gotta love them black squirrels! Did you know they're the same species (Eastern Grey Squirrel), but in a different color? :O

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_squirrel

I always thought they were a different specie before looking it up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I didn't! I know they are gradually taking over from the regular grey squirrels (which is good as they've all but eliminated the native reds).

I did see a rare albino squirrel a couple of years ago. I couldn't get a very good photo, so it looks like the usual sort of indistinguishable nonsense cryptid photo.