Thursday 29 October 2009

Albino Squirrels?

now I am seeing double! that's what Josie Atkins, 74, a pensioner in Wallington, Surrey, must have thought as she watched one and was then joined by another, the pair of albino squirrels stood out in the trees thanks to their brilliant fur - which is exactly the reason they remain rare, they are easy for foxes, cats, dogs and other predators to spot too, albinos inherit a certain set of genes from their parents which leave them with a melanin deficiency that removes their normal colouring, now any bets as to when some one will see three?

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