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Wise Old Thumper
He let me come really close today
Oh my goodness, he is stunning!! Am I missing something here? Is he surviving in the wild, surely he must be a target? Beautiful pics of a beautiful creature.
He is indeed surviving in the wild but he is regular visitor to my parent's garden and other gardens in their street and everyone loves him and feeds him which no doubt is helping to keep him strong. I have noticed the grey squirrels treat him a bit shoddily and he remains apart from them which I also think is why he is fairly tame with us humans. He was first spotted last December and so far he is still with us. I love him and hope he has a good long life. I think he must be target and my parents live in the country with lots of wildlife so there are predators but I really hope he survives.
He looks like an albino, as he has red eyes too?Are they rare ? Like some of the grey squirrels carry the white genes ?
Albinos are caused by a defective enzyme which produces melanin. It means they have no pigment in their skin, hair and eyes. All animals can get I think or all vertebrates anyway. It means the animal is white with pink eyes. Most wild albinos don't survive very long because they are easy targets for predators.