[In The News] Mutant Black Squirrels Take Over

[Rali]

Okay, this isn't exactly AtB relevant, but in a way you could look at it in the perspective of how mutations among some of the mutant animals could affect their populations.

I found this story in the UK's Daily Mail:

"Mutant 'testosterone-fuelled' Russian black squirrels in Cambridgeshire are giving their grey cousins a taste of their own medicine and driving them from their homes.

A Cambridge academic believes the unusual black squirrel now makes up half of the total squirrel population in the area from which they have originated.

The upstarts are the genetic mutations of grey squirrels. And although nuts may be their food of choice there have been reports of their hungry Russian counterparts savaging stray dogs.

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"Three years ago, a pack of Russian black squirrels bit to death a stray dog in a Russian park. They were said to have scampered off at the sight of humans, some carrying pieces of flesh."

[oldnerd13]

Lets see those Kommie rodents come over here and mess with some NYC or Philadelphia squirrels. I saw a pack of squirrels in Liberty Square chase off a mutt of some sort a few summers ago. Damnest thing. People where snapping shots with cells phones and everythig. It might even be on youtube.