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		Rare albino racccoon caught in TN. With "better not get close to that cage" pic (knoxnews.com)		89
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2wolves		2010-07-31 08:10:25 PM

"It's so unusual looking," he said. "At first I thought it was a possum because of the long snout, but then I noticed it had a big, bushy tail, not a thin, rat-like tail. It's a unique creature."

Yes. Very unique. (new window)

calbert		2010-07-31 11:32:22 PM

no ironic tag?

serpent_sky		2010-08-01 12:20:44 AM

Painfully cute; I want a picture of him outside of the stupid cage.

monkeyman3875		2010-08-01 12:42:55 AM

PacManDreaming		2010-08-01 01:31:06 AM

Spiffy tag? They freakin' euthanized him, Subtard.

TheFarkinEmpress		2010-08-01 02:05:26 AM

It totally sucks that they killed the cute little guy. Shiatheads

Chariset		2010-08-01 02:19:23 AM

Not albino. Blue eyes. Probably leucistic.

baka-san		2010-08-01 04:38:17 AM

TheFarkinEmpress: It totally sucks that they killed the cute little guy. Shiatheads

Yeah, why not give it to a educational group.

Raider_dad		2010-08-01 06:41:50 AM

I was in LaCrosse WI and saw an all black squirrel , not suggesting they are rare but I had never seen one before.

furterfan		2010-08-01 06:42:02 AM

so....... Do you still cook then the same as the regular kind?

Mudflap		2010-08-01 06:44:10 AM

cracker-ass coon!

MadameX		2010-08-01 06:46:25 AM

"Wolfe said because of an overpopulation of raccoons and the presence of raccoon-strain rabies in East Tennessee, TWRA regulations forced him to euthanize the albino raccoon."

Why am I not suprised?

StrikitRich		2010-08-01 06:48:42 AM

That pelt will make some kid a kickin' hat.

droosan		2010-08-01 06:55:24 AM

Sun Khan		2010-08-01 06:55:47 AM

Raider_dad: I was in LaCrosse WI and saw an all black squirrel , not suggesting they are rare but I had never seen one before.

Maybe he plays basketball up there?

walken4life		2010-08-01 07:07:12 AM

Sun Khan: Raider_dad: I was in LaCrosse WI and saw an all black squirrel , not suggesting they are rare but I had never seen one before.

Maybe he plays basketball up there?

lol. Well played, sir. FYI to Raider_dad, they have black squirrels up in Michigan as well. Seem to be fairly common in those parts.

Bullroarer_Took		2010-08-01 07:13:57 AM

Heyyyy! That is [was] my animal spirit power totem!! WTF!??1!/
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Bullroarer_Took		2010-08-01 07:16:05 AM

Sun Khan: Raider_dad: I was in LaCrosse WI and saw an all black squirrel , not suggesting they are rare but I had never seen one before.

Maybe he plays basketball up there?

www.babble.com

TheHopeDiamond		2010-08-01 07:17:05 AM

Yep that's the inhumane society for you. Send us money so we can capture beautiful animals and kill them.

/That having been said, we had an albino squirrel living in our yard a few years ago. We dubbed him Freaky.

castufari		2010-08-01 07:17:18 AM

PacManDreaming: Spiffy tag? They freakin' euthanized him, Subtard.

That wasn't there in the original article.

TN, that place reaches new levels of sweaty ball sack each day.

mrboyer		2010-08-01 07:21:08 AM

They are the only color of Squirrel on the campus of Kent State.

http://www.registrars.kent.edu/home/site_navs/history.htm

cantsleep		2010-08-01 07:23:40 AM

TheHopeDiamond: Yep that's the inhumane society for you. Send us money so we can capture beautiful animals and kill them.

Nope. TWRA regulations, but thanks for playing.

seabass242		2010-08-01 07:30:59 AM

2wolves: "It's so unusual looking," he said. "At first I thought it was a possum because of the long snout, but then I noticed it had a big, bushy tail, not a thin, rat-like tail. It's a unique creature."

Yes. Very unique. (new window)

So, it looks like you linked to a google image search that seems to be a bunch of different pictures of the same 3 possibly 4 albino racoons.

tonesskin		2010-08-01 07:55:44 AM

Raider_dad: I was in LaCrosse WI and saw an all black squirrel , not suggesting they are rare but I had never seen one before.

I suppose "rare" is a relative thing. They are pretty common in some areas, but for people not used to seeing them they are surprising. The really bad thing is that when they move into an area, they tend to steal nuts from other squirrels and really drive down property value.

castufari		2010-08-01 07:58:08 AM

MadameX: "Wolfe said because of an overpopulation of raccoons and the presence of raccoon-strain rabies in East Tennessee, TWRA regulations forced him to euthanize the albino raccoon."

Why am I not suprised?

Especially since it happened while OBAMA was president!

DEATH TO WHITIE!

sleeper2995		2010-08-01 08:04:10 AM

It looks like it would make a really nice hate!

StokeyBob		2010-08-01 08:22:42 AM

Wow! A raccoon doesn't appear to be much without its paint job.

moops		2010-08-01 08:33:19 AM

PacManDreaming: Spiffy tag? They freakin' euthanized him, Subtard.

Albino or not, there's nothing better than a killed a raccoon. I hate raccoons.

tonesskin		2010-08-01 08:34:43 AM

It looks like it would make a really nice hater!

SwiftFox		2010-08-01 08:45:35 AM

StokeyBob: Wow! A raccoon doesn't appear to be much without its paint job.

What is it about rings on tails, though? Raccoon and coatimundi, red pandas, lemurs, ringtail Miner's cats, tigers, all sorts of creature mostly unrelated use em. What the fark for?

Mr. Bombtrack		2010-08-01 08:46:12 AM

rac-c-combo breaker

Theeng		2010-08-01 08:46:46 AM

moops: PacManDreaming: Spiffy tag? They freakin' euthanized him, Subtard.

Albino or not, there's nothing better than a killed a raccoon. I hate raccoons.

Raccoons and DEER. Trust me though, if there is ever a story about an albino deer in Tennessee, it's either going to be a pet or dead. All of us seem to hate them.

eclectus		2010-08-01 08:47:03 AM

Yeah. They're really rare. That's why I've got a whole family of albino (or leucistic,I haven't gotten a really good look at the eyes to tell) racoons living under the porch of my neighbors house. I do agree with the article that it was pretty hard to initially identify as a racoon. No stripes or mask.

Oldiron_79		2010-08-01 08:50:44 AM

For those of you that don't know TN is one of the strictest states in the country about what animals you can or can't have and keeping wild ones. so blame the TWRA, not the trapper guy.

This is kinda strange because most of the rest of the south are like very laxed on the laws.

Girl Least Likely		2010-08-01 09:02:32 AM

Aw, man. I was all excited to see a cute raccoon. I read the comments before I clicked the link, though, and now I has a sad :(

moops		2010-08-01 09:02:43 AM

Theeng: moops: PacManDreaming: Spiffy tag? They freakin' euthanized him, Subtard.

Albino or not, there's nothing better than a killed a raccoon. I hate raccoons.

Raccoons and DEER. Trust me though, if there is ever a story about an albino deer in Tennessee, it's either going to be a pet or dead. All of us seem to hate them.

I grew up in Michigan - you don't have to tell me the only good deer is a dead deer.

DesertEagle		2010-08-01 09:14:26 AM

First thing I thought of....

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CognaciousThunk		2010-08-01 09:18:04 AM

Is there an unfunny way to say varmint? I don't think so.

/albino squirrels often seen around the local college campus, not rare

Girl Least Likely		2010-08-01 09:34:27 AM

Falcon Hunter		2010-08-01 09:41:43 AM

Raider_dad: I was in LaCrosse WI and saw an all black squirrel , not suggesting they are rare but I had never seen one before.

Usually, the black ones don't go that far north.

They're heavily concentrated in the south, especially in urban areas.

jlinch		2010-08-01 10:03:08 AM

Raccoons are very cute animals. They're also a rabies vector and tend to have very little fear of humans, which is one of the reasons they get euthanized. It doesn't help them that they're extremely destructive little shiats. The one in the article kind of looks like a cat with long fingers.

Barakku		2010-08-01 10:06:45 AM

Bullroarer_Took: Heyyyy! That is [was] my animal spirit power totem!! WTF!??1!/

He's looking for the man who shot his paw?

Englebert Slaptyback		2010-08-01 10:14:08 AM

SwiftFox

What is it about rings on tails, though? Raccoon and coatimundi, red pandas, lemurs, ringtail Miner's cats, tigers, all sorts of creature mostly unrelated use em. What the fark for?

Camouflage, I imagine: if the tail is horizontal, the rings will be vertical and can help the creature blend into vegetation (assuming stalks and such are also vertical).

uforgotten		2010-08-01 10:14:41 AM

tonesskin
Agreed. Quick and dirty.

memegenerator.net

This poor animal now lives on in Meme Generator Land.

RookStar		2010-08-01 10:15:17 AM

Rufus Lee King: Had to kill it, eh? Farking cowards.

Meh c'mon be serious, guys. They spread disease, get into all sorts of shiat, attack pets, etc. I'd shoot the cute lil' bastards myself if I didn't live within city limits.

Spongiform		2010-08-01 10:15:32 AM

There's a coon or two that swing by my place every evening looking for bits of food my dogs missed. They have absolutely no fear of humans. They just move to a safe distance and wait for you to leave.

If you leave a 1st floor window open they absolutely will come inside and ransack the place.

CowboyUpCowgirlDown		2010-08-01 10:22:44 AM

Who you calling 'Coon, Cracker?

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moops		2010-08-01 10:32:41 AM

uforgotten: This poor animal now lives on in Meme Generator Land.

Time for Bachelor Frog!

memegenerator.net

myinternetname		2010-08-01 10:36:42 AM

Ranotcoon?

Raw_fishFood		2010-08-01 10:44:44 AM

I read "Albino Radscorpion." and freaked out a little. Those things can be a pain to kill when they sneak up on you while you're fighting a group of Super Mutants.

/Needs to player less video games.
//Or get more sleep.
///Probably both.

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