Have you ever seen a black squirrel?
No, this is not the beginnings of a racist joke. I'm serious.
They look just like normal squirrels except they're black, or as close to it as possible. I just saw one in the street. I was picking up my dry cleaning when I glanced over into a yard and there, not two feet away, was a black squirrel.
I know what you're thinking. So What?
Here's the thing, the only other time I've ever seen a black squirrel was in Toronto. I was there, 1998, taking part in a medieval pageant play festival and the town was over run with squirrels... black ones. When I asked someone, a Canadian, what kind of squirrels they were he looked at me like I was a stupid American. (Which of course I was!) Anyway, apparently squirrels in that part of Canada are black, or darker than their cousin squirrels one nation south.
I could be completely wrong about this, but I started wondering if the black squirrel in my neighborhood was one of these Canadian Squirrels; a new breed of squirrel that has been transplanted to Chicago. Maybe it's just a freak of nature. Or maybe I am just an idiot and black squirrels are as common in this town as black labs. Who knows? I was just wondering.
2 comments:
I've seen black squirrels as far south as College Park, MD. There are some that live on the UMD campus. It's the only place around here that I have seen them though.
Seeing a black squirrel is good luck. They do live here. However, yes, they are rare.
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