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Black squirrels are the result of interbreeding between gray and fox squirrels.
The faulty pigment gene that causes black fur is identical to that found in fox squirrels.
The black fur may be a selective advantage for living in colder regions
- Biologists estimate that only one squirrel in 10,000 has a black coat.
CharlesU Farley
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In my part of Western North Carolina, there's a town that has an inbred population of white squirrels:
Home of the White Squirrel
Adopt a white squirrel. White Squirrel Adoptions support the preservation and conservation of Brevard’s white squirrel population.
whitesquirrelinstitute.org
yea never seen one up here in the countryside. only ever saw one once that was on a city run down in the cuse
Here in Toronto, we have blacks & grays with the blacks having a slight edge in population imho. Reds are rarer now and they seem more common in the boons in cottage country.
Here in south central BC I have only seen the red squirrel. For a few years I didn't see any squirrels in my neighborhood. The people who trapped them have moved away and this past year I seen a couple of red squirrels, the first in 4-5 years.
Squirrels can get a bad name for their habits.
Nah lol...it's just hard to judge the size of them with nothing for reference.. I remember you once had a short video of picking one up out of the tank a little and I was like wow them are much bigger than I thought... And that was quite a while ago...
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My neighbor is always eating those things. I wont do it, it's like a rat with a fuzzy tail. He eats their brains too.
FTL
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Look I have to ask ......why?My neighbor is always eating those things. I wont do it, it's like a rat with a fuzzy tail. He eats their brains too.
Is he poor or is it cultural?
Apparently they are picky about where they live. We have tons of red squirrels here. About 40 minutes away the black squirrels are all over and everywhere north. It's been that way as long as I remember.
Well, he and his family were originally from the Appalachia of West Virginia and it's just kind of the way it was. He moved on, went to college, became in actor in NY and then moved to Michigan and became a teacher. Guy is smart as a whip, but he still loves squirrel. One of his top three favorite foods he always tells me.
CharlesU Farley
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In the immortal words of Jules from Pulp Fiction, "...sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie but I'll never know because I would never eat the filthy motherfucker... "My neighbor is always eating those things. I wont do it, it's like a rat with a fuzzy tail. He eats their brains too.
FTL
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Ok fair enough, some thing’s you just have to grow up eating I guess.
They’re getting fat & chunky , Just like good buds
FTL
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What’s the plan with them flower?
Big pond outside?
Want too .. I kept them in a 300 gallon stock tank till that first bitter cold wave came through that’s when I threw them indoors in the tub is a temporary solution (That’s nuts in itself I know ) ..they were originally $.20 feeder fish for my pet turtle but that was five years ago now they turned into pets themselves ...
I don’t remember 100% perfect but someone told me that if you’re going to eat squirrel it’s really gamy unless you soak it first in salt water or something like that ...The dude was a real outdoorsy do it yourself or type of guy and he was a hunter/trapper (so I believed him)
