{"id":945,"date":"2009-06-13T09:01:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T13:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=945"},"modified":"2009-06-13T13:03:54","modified_gmt":"2009-06-13T17:03:54","slug":"uh-ohgreys-beware-here-comes-metasquirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2009\/06\/13\/uh-ohgreys-beware-here-comes-metasquirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Uh-Oh&#8230;Greys beware: here comes metasquirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A genetic mutation of the UK enemy squirrel threatens to out-grab even the wild and power-hungry greys:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-946\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-946\" title=\"black_squirrel_665808c\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/black_squirrel_665808c.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Alamy\" width=\"404\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/black_squirrel_665808c.jpg 404w, https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/black_squirrel_665808c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/black_squirrel_665808c-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This from 2008 &#8211; seems to have been affecting East Anglia mostly. Not sure what&#8217;s happening with them now.. been quite in the news.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The black squirrel \u2013 a genetic mutation of the grey \u2013 was first recorded in    Britain 90 years ago but now accounts for half of all squirrels in some    parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>They have higher testosterone levels, which is thought to make them more    domineering and territorial, while their colouring makes them more    attractive to female greys.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A genetic mutation of the UK enemy squirrel threatens to out-grab even the wild and power-hungry greys: This from 2008 &#8211; seems to have been affecting East Anglia mostly. Not sure what&#8217;s happening with them now.. been quite in the news. The black squirrel \u2013 a genetic mutation of the grey \u2013 was first recorded &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2009\/06\/13\/uh-ohgreys-beware-here-comes-metasquirrel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Uh-Oh&#8230;Greys beware: here comes metasquirrel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,29],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":948,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}