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[-] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago

TIL some folk have never seen a European Red Squirrel and think they're Polish

[-] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Red squirrels that live in poland are polish. The species name can be whatever, if it eats and sleeps in poland wilds its gonna be polish

[-] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

You can tell cos they speak Polish.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It was the Lonsdale slip ons that made me realise it was Polish.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

I'm not sure, I think we need to see It's papers...

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Calm down Adolf

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Papers please

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I mean, Poland IS in Europe so I'm afraid this title is pedantically correct.

[-] [email protected] -5 points 8 months ago

I got this off Bluesky. No, squirrels in North America are mostly grey or black, and the red ones we do have in woodsy areas definitely don't have these ears.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

It's a European red squirrel mate, I promise. The biggest population I've seen is on King Charlie's Balmoral estate in Scotland

[-] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Yep they're also all over the place in France

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Wrong. This is a Polish Squirrel and you can tell because of its straight ears.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Swede here, this looks just like a normal squirrel we have here

[-] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Non-polish squirrels have gay ears.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Straight squirrels have polish ears

[-] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

My pappaw would probably say it's so their head doesn't get stuck in the pickle jar or something. Classic Pappaw.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

All the better for gerkin jerkin'

[-] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago
[-] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Cute redhead eating nuts

[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago
[-] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Never seen that one either!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

If this squirell is this friendly and trusts people this much you must be in the Park Łazienkowski in Warsaw.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

These are all over Europe

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