The Native Americans called them “spirit squirrels." They are not albinos, as their eyes are not pink, but colored the same as a regular squirrel, except for the patches of white. Wildlife experts refer to them as piebald squirrels.
This coloration is more common in other animals -- such as
cats, dogs, horses, and birds...
On Halloween night we will be treated with a blue moon! Two full moons in calendar month happens only once every 2½ - 3 years on average, according to NASA's National Space Science Data Center.
Every month has a full moon, but because the lunar cycle and the calendar aren't perfectly in line with each other, about every 2...