Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37553158-20191113030504/@comment-44123106-20191116124638

Opalwinter wrote: Mott2020 wrote: Maybe we can start talk about red squirrels. Red not brown, real red.😃 What an adorable squirrel! I love the ear tufts. We have "red" squirrels too here in the U.S. but they often only have a few reddish patches and can be mostly black/gray. They are very opinionated, hyper and great fun to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMOQv1QHxSQ That's a European red squirrel. In the British Isles there are few left - the introduction of the American grey squirrel is usually blamed for their decline. The greys carry a disease to which the reds have (had?) no immunity; greys are bigger and more agressive; and greys are more fertile. The saving grqce is that greys don't like coniferous trees much, so reds are found more often in those in Scotland and Wales.