30 Seconds of Albino Squirrel

Comment by Marie on August 20, 2011 at 9:02pm

*chuckles* Aaamaaazing!

Comment by Chig on August 21, 2011 at 2:52pm

Ah it is good to see you have plenty things to eat at the new place.   I don't know about you but I prefer my dinner consist of more white than dark meat.

 

Comment by photo2010 on August 21, 2011 at 9:39pm

Regardless of his press, Pepe Le Pew would like to 'meet' albino squirrel.

Comment by JoAnn on August 21, 2011 at 10:03pm

I have never seen a squirrel like that one. Very cool.

Comment by NatureJunkie on August 22, 2011 at 11:24am

They must be attracted to you because they know you are a tick-free zone, Pen. I've read there are a lot of those albino squirrels in your part of the country--you might have a colony soon!

Comment by BlancheNoE on August 22, 2011 at 12:06pm

@ Marie- It *is* amazing to see one of these guys.

@ Chig- I have discovered that the pie has to be baked @ 325 as opposed to 350 or it scorches the meat.

@ photo- Well, I think she'd give him a run for his money but he's used to that, right?

@ JoAnn- This is the first time I've seen one for myself. He's really cool.

@ Nature- I remember reading somewhere that our state does in fact have the most albino squirrels but in my 46 years of living here, this is the first time I've seen one. I *do* hope that she pushes one of her progeny our way. This one lives across the street which is why we don't have any close ups of her. I'm not sure the homeowners would appreciate us camping in their front yard for close-ups.

Comment by Pypermarru1 on August 26, 2011 at 6:31pm

Trip out.  I would assume that an albino anything in the wild would be hard pressed to survive - with no blending skills and all.  That is one cool looking dude.

Albinism (?) is rare - I can't think of a time I've ever seen, in real life, a human or animal albino and I've done some traveling.  I'm going to google albino now - thanks for the cool video :0)

Comment by sillysillytom on September 16, 2011 at 3:50pm

interesting.  way back before kids (10+ yrs ago) mrs silly and I went to NY and in central park I saw my first completely black squirrels

Comment by BlancheNoE on September 17, 2011 at 7:58pm

@ Kumori- I know, right ? I seem to have a knack for encountering the rarities. Sometimes it's a good thing,

sometimes it's a bad thing.

@ Pyper- You are very welcome, lovely lady. He or she *is* a trip. He/she's got the perfect blend for winter and her burrow seems to be in the midst of a white gravel driveway so she's obviously adapted well.

@ Silly- YAY ! So good to see you. I've never seen a black one. I hope to explore that part of the country some day. I was there when I was 2 but only remember asking my mom " what dat ?" while pointing up at the tall buildings and she answered " That's New York "...and I vaguely remember some very long and scary elevator rides that made me nauseous. 

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