A dad out on a walk went to inspect a \u2018moving a plastic bag\u2019 \u2014 which turned out to be a rare one-in-100,000 albino squirrel.<\/p>\n
Oliver Reynolds, 45, was strolling around Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent, on March 23 when something caught his eye.<\/p>\n
The warehouse worker thought it was a \u201cwhite bag, a bit of rubbish\u201d at first.<\/p>\n
But as he got closer, he saw the \u2018bag\u2019 moving \u2014 and realized it was a white squirrel with red eyes.<\/p>\n
A dad out on a walk went to inspect a \u2018moving a plastic bag\u2019 \u2013 which turned out to be a rare one-in-100,000 albino squirrel.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Sell Us Your Story after the sighting, Oliver said: \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe my eyes, to be honest with you.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was a white bag, a bit of rubbish.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it started jumping around I thought \u2018crikey!\u2019<\/p>\n
Oliver Reynolds, 45, was strolling around Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent, on March 23 when something caught his eye. Oliver Reynolds \/ SWNS<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried to get as close as I could to get the picture, and I could see its red eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really shocked to see it in that sort of area \u2013 I\u2019ve never seen one before in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to one 1998 study, squirrels are the only known albino mammal that can survive successfully in the wild.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really shocked to see it in that sort of area \u2013 I\u2019ve never seen one before in my life,\u201d Reynolds said. Oliver Reynolds \/ SWNS<\/p>\n
This is due to cone-rich retinas in squirrel eyes, which means their vision is less disrupted than that of other mammals with the condition.<\/p>\n
The chances of an albino squirrel being born are about one in 100,000, according to reports.<\/p>\n
According to one 1998 study, squirrels are the only known albino mammal that can survive successfully in the wild. Oliver Reynolds \/ SWNS<\/p>\n
The chances of an albino squirrel being born are about one in 100,000, according to reports. Oliver Reynolds \/ SWNS<\/p>\n
Oliver added, \u201cI showed my daughter, and she said, \u2018wow.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cMy missus had a look, and she was really shocked \u2013 she was gutted she didn\u2019t come with me on the walk, to be honest, she was at walk.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you get to my age, you appreciate those sorts of things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dad out on a walk went to inspect a \u2018moving a plastic bag\u2019 \u2014 which turned out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3847],"tags":[933,70,126530,16,15,1717,263],"class_list":["post-852828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-science","tag-squirrels","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wildlife","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}