r/mildlyinteresting • u/lveg • 9h ago

My town has black squirrels

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u/rad_rentorar 6h ago

The first time I saw a black squirrel I was in Colorado and it stopped me dead in my tracks. I’ve never seen them in Minnesota.

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u/seansand 6h ago

Are you serious? I see them everywhere here in the Twin Cities.

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u/rad_rentorar 6h ago

I grew up in anoka county and never saw them around when I was a kid

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u/Kim_Jong_Teemo 6h ago

There’s one that hangs out near the Caribou in Coon Rapids that the employees named Beans

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u/DanCampbellMD 5h ago

Coon Rapids stopped me dead in my tracks. What a hilarious name.

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u/rad_rentorar 6h ago

I absolutely love that

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u/Corydoras22 5h ago

My neighborhood in Central MN has had black squirrels for 30 years, and I also saw them up north near Nisswa as a kid. It has been interesting to see their range expand - they were once in a ~1 sq mi area, and now I see them up to a couple miles away from that area.