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Ele Willoughby, PhD
Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

Happy #SquirrelAppreciationDay! Despite the opinion of some people in my home there’s a colony of white squirrels in Toronto’s Trinity-Bellwood Park! I know. I’ve seen them. This is a portrait of one of them, climbing head-down a maple tree, along with the words “Legendary White Squirrel of Trinity-Bellwoods”. It’s sort of become a running joke to question the reality of 🧵

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/81433172

#linocut #printmaking #squirrel #whiteSquirrel #Toronto #TrinityBellwoods #typography #mastoArt

My linocut print of a white squirrel with pink eyes climbing down a wide tree with the words “Legendary White Squirrel of Trinity-Bellwoods” in silvery brown ink on white washi paper.
My linocut print of a white squirrel with pink eyes climbing down a wide tree with the words “Legendary White Squirrel of Trinity-Bellwoods” in silvery brown ink on white washi paper.
My linocut print of a white squirrel with pink eyes climbing down a wide tree with the words “Legendary White Squirrel of Trinity-Bellwoods” in silvery brown ink on white washi paper.
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Ele Willoughby, PhD
Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

the white squirrels of Trinity-Bellwoods, but they are well documented. You can google it. They even have a street, White Squirrel Way, and a café named after them.

There are two ways in which squirrels end up white instead of grey, black or brown. They may be albino squirrels, or they may have a rare white fur coloration known as leucism (due to a recessive gene). My local squirrels seem to have red eyes, so I think they are albino. 🧵 2/3

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Ele Willoughby, PhD
Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

I think it is their rareity which makes them so fascinating to people. These squirrels have fans, like other pockets of white squirrels in other places. 🧵3/3

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Jürgen Hubert
Jürgen Hubert
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

@minouette

Did any forest spirits dwell in the region?

https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Forest_Spirits_and_the_White_Sparrows

Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles Wiki

The Forest Spirits and the White Sparrows

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