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Blane Klemek Outdoors: No color is for no reason
Genetic mutations cause black, white, and gray color phases in Minnesota squirrels, with melanistic squirrels benefiting from camouflage and heat absorption, experts say.
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Blane Klemek Outdoors: No color is for no reason
I recently appeared on KSTP television’s "Minnesota Live" program with hosts Megan Newquist and Chris Egert to talk about tree squirrels. Along with video of squirrels that the program’s senior producer Caroline "C.C." Rode arranged, I enjoyed a wonderful conversation about Minnesota’s five species of tree squirrels. One of the topics we discussed that was initially raised by a viewer concerned "black squirrels." Always an interesting topic to e…
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