Goth squirrel of the day.
@nev cool, melanistic squalls are rare.
@LanceJZ not here in Toronto, where they seem to be the most common colour! Not remarkable to me but I share for everyone who doesn't have them where they live.
@nev seriously? I've never seen on myself. I live in Seattle.

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the black squirrel is a michigan/ ontario thing

i'm just across the lake from toronto near rochester ny and i can count on one hand the number of black squirrels i've seen over the years here. the overlap zone seems to be around buffalo ny

@LanceJZ they're relatively common around the Great Lakes and are the majority in Ontario! Behold, the data: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7029058/figure/ece36006-fig-0002/

Some places have imported them—famously, Washington, DC got theirs from Canada.

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@nev that is so cool.