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A white squirrel in Brevard, NC
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- Date created: March 28, 2008
- Location: Brevard, North Carolina
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This is a white squirrel in Brevard, North Carolina. Brevard is known for its unusually high percentage of white squirrels; there, roughly one in four squirrels is white. These squirrels are not albinos. Unlike albinos, they have normal melanin production and dark eyes.