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One of the albino squirrels I see quite often in my front yard. Olney Illinois USA has a rather sizable population of them and is one of the towns vying for the nickname "Home of the White Squirrels". Nobody is sure what makes the recessive albino gene appear so often in the squirrel population here; they are actually just a common Eastern Grey squirrel, and all of them here carry that gene which means a pair of greys can have albino progeny, and two albinos will not necessarily produce albino offspring.
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A giant rat pretending to be a "squirrel". Take off that mask.hahaha
Nature is really interesting! Living quite in the middle of the forest I saw squirrels all the time since my childhood, but they are quite dark, closer to the black than brown, they are red squirrels but I think the pine diet makes them dark ... but albino .. WOW. Seeing your picture I thought... it's really looks like a rat, but with fashionable outfit :D Really great information. Thank you! I always dived in nature, so I'm super happy when I learn something new (and I know there are more outside than we can even Noise once about them... but still, always fascinates me ). If you have time, take a look at my quick Amateur Naturalist noise (This one> https://noise.cash/post/1m38n7gj )... it wasn't so interesting (based on the views and comments) or just simply bad content... but I might post some of these findings, captures in the future. What do you think? All the best!
Looks like recessive is becoming more dominant. I've never seen one before. The few we have here are tiny.
Darn, I've never seen an albino squirrel in my life. When I lived near DC, the squirrels on Capital Hill were very aggressive, running right up to you and almost demanding a snack. I suppose it was the government atmosphere there that caused the little guys to believe they were entitled to a handout.