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            The alien white squirrels really are trying to take over
                                        
I was trying out a new search engine, Million Short [1] (which allows you to
easily exclude the top N websites) and while trying it out, I came across
this:

> There are a few towns in the US, though, that have very high numbers of
> white squirrels. This could be for a few reasons. First, predators in towns
> tend to be low. This cancels out the negative selection against the white
> morph. Sometimes in towns, a few neighbors will also select against the
> normal coloration of eastern grey squirrel. Yes, that happens. After a few
> generations, all you get are whites, and they can spread to the rest of the
> town! Fascinating!
> 
> The Big 5 White Squirrel Towns
> 
> * Marionville, MO (read) [2]
> * Brevard, NC
> * Olney, Il
> * Kenton, TN
> * Exeter, Ontario Canada (web) [3]
> 

“The White and Albino Squirrel Phenomenon + New US Maps! [4]”

It's interesting that there are quite a few “Home of the White Squirrel”
across the country.

[1] https://millionshort.com/
[2] http://www.ruralmissouri.org/03pages/03DecSquirrels.html
[3] http://www.whitesquirrels.ca/
[4] http://www.untamedscience.com/biodiversity/white-squirrel/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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