i think this is rather cool

i've never seen an albino squirrel but i have seen pitch black ones. we used to have a rather tame one that would arrive each day on our back porch and yell until my mother went out to feed him. he was a beautiful squirrel too - all shiny. i miss him

oh, by the way, ALL squirrels for some reason ( i don't know) are named gary. males and females, that is just how it is. gary squirrel(s)

You're not going nuts, it is a white squirrel... GARETH EDWARDS

FOR years it has been painted as a brutal war between natives and invaders. The red squirrel has long been fighting a losing battle against the influx of the more versatile grey squirrel, and is now a rare sight in the Lothians. But it seems a new element has entered the battle for squirrel supremacy - the albino squirrel. While not as rare as might be expected, white squirrels are an unusual sight, due to their coat being a rather unsuitable colour for trying to evade eagle-eyed predators. But what is a drawback in the country may actually be a blessing in the city, with some experts suggesting the white coat provides better camouflage against bright, modern buildings than either of its cousins. And numbers are on the rise, with three separate colonies in the Lothians reported to wildlife experts recently. Albino squirrels were spotted in Livingston, West Lothian earlier this year and now it has emerged that two other colonies are living in Edinburgh and Haddington, East Lothian. The albino squirrel is a grey squirrel that has slight mutation. Any increase in numbers is certainly not good news for the struggling native red, whose numbers are dwindling as the greys take more and more territory. ....................