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Tcoat · 08-23-2022, 09:04 AM

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Ghost Squirrel?

We supposedly have an "enclave" (sounds ominous) of white squirrels about 1/2 an hour from home. I have been there many, many times and have yet to see a single one.

Stephen W. · 08-23-2022, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

We supposedly have an "enclave" (sounds ominous) of white squirrels about 1/2 an hour from home. I have been there many, many times and have yet to see a single one.

We've had piebald squirrels where they have patches or complete areas that are pure white. In most of Ontario there are two prominent colours, the grey and the black. But on my road we have blonde squirrels. No idea why but somewhere in the local gene pool there is a recessive that overrides the dominant. This little fellow was a bright gold colour when he was young. His body molted and became this dark version but he kept his bright tail.

Dadhawk · 08-23-2022, 02:35 PM

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His body molted and became this dark version but he kept his bright tail.

That color would act like a beacon to the Falcons, Hawks and Owls around my home I suspect.

JD001 · 08-23-2022, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

We've had piebald squirrels where they have patches or complete areas that are pure white. In most of Ontario there are two prominent colours, the grey and the black. But on my road we have blonde squirrels. No idea why but somewhere in the local gene pool there is a recessive that overrides the dominant. This little fellow was a bright gold colour when he was young. His body molted and became this dark version but he kept his bright tail.

Inbreeding in Canada... Noooooo!

Spuds · 08-23-2022, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Inbreeding in Canada... Noooooo!

Says the guy from a country with dynastic royalty...

JD001 · 08-23-2022, 04:18 PM

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Says the guy from a country with dynastic royalty...

Exactly, finely tuned nose for such things...

x808drifter · 08-24-2022, 06:20 AM

And squirrels don't exist here...
Are we the Nazi Germany of squirrels?

Tcoat · 08-24-2022, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by x808drifter

And squirrels don't exist here...
Are we the Nazi Germany of squirrels?

Are there any mammals (other than seals) at all that are native to Hawaii?

Captain Snooze · 08-24-2022, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Are there any mammals (other than seals) at all that are native to Hawaii?

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Tcoat · 08-24-2022, 07:55 AM

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Nope.

Captain Snooze · 08-24-2022, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Nope.

By that criteria seals aren't native either.
"Along with sealions and walruses, seals belong to a group called pinnipeds, which evolved from land animals. Researchers pinned down concrete evidence of this transition in 2007 with the discovery of Puijila darwini. Alive 20-24 million years ago, this amphibious freshwater carnivore had the muscular legs characteristic of a land creature but the webbed feet, streamlined body and tail of an aquatic animal. The theory goes that P darwini lived in once temperate Arctic lakes and rivers before gradually switching to an ocean lifestyle as these lakes began to freeze over."

Poor wording: the transition didn't happen in 2007.

Tcoat · 08-24-2022, 08:06 AM

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By that criteria seals aren't native either.
"Along with sealions and walruses, seals belong to a group called pinnipeds, which evolved from land animals. Researchers pinned down concrete evidence of this transition in 2007 with the discovery of Puijila darwini. Alive 20-24 million years ago, this amphibious freshwater carnivore had the muscular legs characteristic of a land creature but the webbed feet, streamlined body and tail of an aquatic animal. The theory goes that P darwini lived in once temperate Arctic lakes and rivers before gradually switching to an ocean lifestyle as these lakes began to freeze over."

Poor wording: the transition didn't happen in 2007.

True

It doesn't help that for most of the geological periods the Hawaiian islands either didn't exist or were sterile lumps of volcanic rock.

Wally86 · 08-24-2022, 10:49 AM

TIL: Fish have a LOT of worms in them. Just wow.

humfrz · 08-24-2022, 06:38 PM

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TIL: Fish have a LOT of worms in them. Just wow.

DO NOT eat the dead fish you find along river banks during a drought.

I don't care what the natives tell you about shad & roe.

Them ain't roe you see oozing out of it's body! -

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