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Personmanwomantv t1_iwlam2s wrote

Reply to comment by nviousguy in Van Wert Co. Sheriff: 25 to 40 thousand minks with a diet consisting of 'fresh kills' released from farm by FancyFrostFire

Me too. This is a town that is proud of their invasive black squirrels. Some random person imported them from Canada or Michigan and they have run off the native squirrel population.

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palabradot t1_iwlneeu wrote

They're an entirely different species? We have those around here, and I thought they were just a melanistic version of the same standard species. (their numbers peak during summer then get hammered in autumn-winter by the cats and birds of prey when there's no foliage to hide beneath and they stand out against the snow)

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Personmanwomantv t1_iwmuxkd wrote

It is my understanding that the natives were fox squirrels and the invasives are black colored eastern grey squirrels. I think those are different species.

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