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Black Squirrel (rabbitea.rs)
submitted 1 year ago by floppy@rabbitea.rs to c/squirrels@lemmy.ca

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@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] floppy@rabbitea.rs 2 points 1 year 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.

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