Lovely Lavender

No one is sure why this squirrel, caught by a PA couple, is purple. It could be a dye job or natural causes but it sure is a cute little guy.

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 10, 2012
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If someone dyed it I'd sure have loved to see it done. :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/10/12 at 09:20 PM

@ patty: I'm imagining lots of purple paw prints all over someone's apartment.

Posted by Miles on 02/11/12 at 01:04 AM

I could have sworn some nut was caught coloring some sort of animal as a prank.

It wouldn't be that tough to dye them. With a Havahart trap, the squirrel would be trapped in a metal cage with enough space in-between the bars to douse it with dye.

Posted by Mark on 02/11/12 at 03:39 PM

Yeah, it was hawks:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/farmer-caught-spray-painting-hawks-part-prank-bird-014040361.html

Posted by Mark on 02/11/12 at 03:42 PM

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