White Chipmunk

Posted by Alex in Animal on July 18, 2007 at 8:44 pm


Neatorama reader Joe McGuire saw the white ravens post and "raised" us a white chipmunk!

The white rodent — which Dawson has named WACy for white albino chipmunk — isn’t a true albino. He has black eyes.

Instead, said Pud Hunter, a Natural Resources Ministry biologist in Aylmer, the little guy inherited two recessive genes for the colour white from mom and dad.

Actually, make that a white chipmunk with an attitude:

WACy is a bit of a tyrant. He chases away other animals that come by, but gets along, for the most part, with another chipmunk in the area. Sometimes, if there’s food to fight over, WACy wins.

"He’s quite brassy, because he just chases birds away. (But) he’s so small, a blue jay or cat could eat him for dinner."

Link – Thanks Joe!

With the White Humpback Whale, White Moose, and White Deer previously on Neatorama, do we have enough for a flush?


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6 comments to "White Chipmunk"

  1. slowe
    July 18th, 2007 at 9:28 pm

    Pud Hunter?

  2. k v
    July 18th, 2007 at 11:45 pm

    you should do a post on the albino squirrels at the University of North Texas...lots of interesting photos and lore there.

  3. j
    July 19th, 2007 at 2:17 am

    This is a secret place that only those who change urls can reach.

  4. cf
    July 19th, 2007 at 6:22 am

    There are also white squirrels in Brevard, NC... rumored to have originated from a circus train wreck.
    http://www.whitesquirrelinstitute.com/pics.html

  5. John
    July 19th, 2007 at 11:32 am

    No, really, Pud Hunter??

  6. Alex
    July 28th, 2007 at 12:01 am

    Oops - thanks for catching that, j. I've fixed the link.

    And yes, slowe and john: Pud Hunter.


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