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From: ins_avrd@jhunix.UUCP (Victoria Rosly D'ull)
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Subject: Re: Albino Squirrels
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 18:06:41 EST
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> > Has anyone seen Albino Squirrels?  I have visited a friend in
> > Columbus, Ohio, and her neighborhood has a multitude of
> > white squirrels!!  Studies have even been done on why there
> > is such a concentration of them in that area.  They sure are
> > different looking--and are they ever skinny & runty looking.
> > They have to really fight for any food they get and they
> > other squirrels seem to treat them differently (quite rude,
> > in fact!!).
> 
> A suburb of Cincinnati (Pleasant Ridge) has an abundance of white
> squirrels.  They are not runts, but are every bit as large and
> furry as their grey sisters and brothers.  There are many of
> them--the population is probably about 20% white and 75% grey.
> They mate with the greys and produce mixed litters.
> 
> I never tried to get close enough to see their eyes to see if
> they are true albinos or are simply white squirrels, like the
> white tigers of the Cincinnati Zoo (now THERE's a sight you
> should see--larger than a typical orange Bengal and beautifully
> marked--they'll take your breath away).
> 
>                                 Joyce Andrews (ihnp4!inuxd!jla)

Just wanted to add that white tigers are not limited to the Cincinnati
zoo -- there are a number of beautiful ones at the National Zoo in
Washington, D.C., and I believe elsewhere as well.