Monday, October 28, 2013

One of the white squirrels

One of the 4 white squirrels seen on my deck:  Sorry about the poor picture quality.
 I was at my desk when this one came on the deck.  My desk chair is beside the
desk window.  So I took these 4 pics before he left. (The blurriness is
from windows in need of cleaning! )








                                                                                                 




The white color is not a recessive genetic quality.  But rather a dominant gene.  The
gray squirrels are normally seen in this area.  In Brevard, about 20 some miles
down the road, a mutation occurred.  The whites were dominant over the gray.
Some are mixed gray--one seen around myhouse is gray, but the last 3/4 of his tail is
snow white.  Normally, more white than gray is seen..