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Re: black squirrels

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From: Dave Britton
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:21
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In article <1992Dec13.191330.19403@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> 
>alex@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca (A. Okapuu-von Veh) writes:
> How about *red* squirrels?  They're all over Europe, but not
> here.  Likewise, you'll never see a grey squirrel in Europe. Hmmm....
> 
> Alex
> 

Not true! England (which *is* part of europe) has mostly grey
squiirels. When I was a kid (in the 60's) it was very rare to
see a red squirrel in North Wales....the grey squirrels were
bigger and more agressive and had driven the red sqirrels from
their habitat. I suspect the grey squirrels were not indiginous,
though. 

Dave.
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