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The Riddle of the Balding Squirrels

Posted on 26/04/201706/01/2020 by ssrs_admin

Original Author: Mel Tonkin   Why are some squirrels losing so much hair in the spring that parts of them are completely bald? Every year in April to May we get a flurry of queries relating to red squirrels that have lost large parts of their coat, leaving large areas of their body totally hairless. Often […]

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Posted in Archived Posts, BlogTagged fur, moulting, Red squirrel behaviour
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