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Colony of rare red squirrels discovered in remote Welsh forest
dailymail.co.uk ^ | April 20, 2009 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 04/20/2009 12:18:27 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

A remote part of Wales is home to the last remaining colony of rare red squirrels, conservationists have discovered.

Since the introduction of the American grey squirrel in the 19th century, numbers of reds have declined after their colonies were forced to retreat.

But new evidence suggests that the red squirrels of the Tywi Valley in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales are among the purest left in Britain, thanks to a unique genetic code.

Dr Lizzie Wilberforce of The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales said: 'Visually they are no different to any other red squirrels.

'But their genotypes have never been found anywhere else - they have a Welsh red squirrel gene which tells us that they are unique and have remained isolated from other populations.


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KEYWORDS: betterdeadthanred; godsgravesglyphs; squirrels
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To: Free ThinkerNY

yikes... that woman on the bottom right, looks like a Vulcan.


21 posted on 04/20/2009 12:38:43 PM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: Free ThinkerNY
My next brunch I'm going to serve Welsh Red Squirrel instead of Welsh Rarebit. Maybe some Welch's grape juice.....oh, wait...

Leni

22 posted on 04/20/2009 12:39:22 PM PDT by MinuteGal (FR Regional Convention 4/25 Orlando....Florida, Alabama, Georgia & Carolinas Freepers Invited!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
My next brunch I'm going to serve Welsh Red Squirrel instead of Welsh Rarebit. Maybe some Welch's grape juice.....oh, wait...

Leni

23 posted on 04/20/2009 12:39:37 PM PDT by MinuteGal (FR Regional Convention 4/25 Orlando....Florida, Alabama, Georgia & Carolinas Freepers Invited!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

their president,sqirbama,is out surrendering to other breeds of squirrel even as we speak.


24 posted on 04/20/2009 12:39:58 PM PDT by wiggen
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To: MinuteGal
Did I tell you I was having two brunches.....that's why I double posted.

Leni

25 posted on 04/20/2009 12:40:25 PM PDT by MinuteGal (FR Regional Convention 4/25 Orlando....Florida, Alabama, Georgia & Carolinas Freepers Invited!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Very cute.
Who was the ding-dong who introduced American squirrels to Wales?


26 posted on 04/20/2009 12:41:08 PM PDT by Brainhose (Hey Obama! Stimulate My Package)
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To: mysterio

Interesting...are you in South Central Michigan, maybe Calhoun County?


27 posted on 04/20/2009 12:42:09 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom!"

28 posted on 04/20/2009 12:42:34 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Indiana.


29 posted on 04/20/2009 12:42:48 PM PDT by mysterio
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To: mysterio

Calhoun County Michigan is home to the densest population of black squirrels in the US. (At least, in 1990)


30 posted on 04/20/2009 12:50:27 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The biggest and reddest of red-colored squirrels are the Malabar Giant Squirrels from India- about the size of a domestic cat, when fully grown.


31 posted on 04/20/2009 12:50:44 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: Chuzzlewit

She’s the Vulcan Ambassador to Venezuela. She’s on a hopeless mission to convince Chavez to think logically.


32 posted on 04/20/2009 12:50:46 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Dang Commie squirrels.


33 posted on 04/20/2009 12:58:32 PM PDT by central_va (Co. C, 15th Va., Patrick Henry Rifles-The boys of Hanover Co.)
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To: All
obligatory:

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34 posted on 04/20/2009 12:59:02 PM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: Veto!
A credit to Wales and to all of us with Welsh ancestry.

Cue Charlotte Church singing "Men of Harlech" in the mother tongue. Cymru am Byth!

35 posted on 04/20/2009 12:59:41 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (Saiga 12 shotgun - When the Zombies see it, they'll sh*t bricks.)
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To: Perdogg

Eagle, Bald Eagle.


36 posted on 04/20/2009 1:01:15 PM PDT by irishtenor (Beer. God's way of making sure the Irish don't take over the world.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Reds are smaller and can wreak more havoc than greys.


37 posted on 04/20/2009 1:01:37 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Communism - Hezbollah - Al Qaeda - Obama - Stone Age - CHAOS)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

We have a colony of squirrelly reds in Washington, but they aren’t cute.


38 posted on 04/20/2009 1:03:12 PM PDT by pallis
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To: All

Somebody contact Mike Huckabee... See if the red ones cook the same in a popcorn popper....


39 posted on 04/20/2009 1:03:53 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Six months from now there will be 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

dumb squirrels should have evolved..


40 posted on 04/20/2009 1:09:58 PM PDT by goat granny
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