this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2024
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Squirrels

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[–] troyunrau 5 points 1 year ago

Beautiful tree rat 🐿️

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That little paw 🐾😍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love the close up, so cute!

[–] LesMotsBalaises 2 points 1 year ago

Yes! So amazing to see their fur has a rich mix of white, grey, black, and brown!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard that squirrels in can carry the bubonic plague. Probably don't want to go around holding wild ones.

[–] LesMotsBalaises 2 points 1 year ago

I never heard of it before, thanks for the info. Thankfully it seems more common in hot climates

In Canada, human cases of plague are very uncommon. The last case was reported in 1939.

From gov website : https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/plague/causes-plague.html