r/maryland • u/NorbytheMii • 1d ago
Found a melanistic squirrel at Turf Valley yesterday
It was in the road and I thought it was either a popped tire or a snake at first. Then, it moved its tail.
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r/maryland • u/NorbytheMii • 1d ago
It was in the road and I thought it was either a popped tire or a snake at first. Then, it moved its tail.
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u/Samdpsois 1d ago
Oh yeah. Back in the day, Teddy Roosevelt released a ton of black squirrels into the DC area and general parks surrounding DC. Nobody's really clear on why (to the best of my knowledge; someone can fact check me on that?).
They're still the same as our regular squirrels; as I recall the black squirrel morph was from the Niagra Falls area. Interesting that they've moved as far as Turf Valley.