Odd-looking squirrels seen in Pinehurst are fox squirrels

People at the U.S. Open in Pinehurst keep asking about large, odd-looking squirrels they see along the course.
Posted 6/13/2024, 11:30:57 PM Updated 6/14/2024, 12:58:09 AM

ARRIVING IN PINEHURST AROUND

9.15. THE EVENING TRAIN LEFT

PINEHURST AT 6.35. SO BIG.

STRANGE LOOKING SQUIRRELS

APPARENTLY TAKING OVER THE

GREENS AT PINEHURST. ALMOST

KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT THE

FACE OF A BEAR. SO WE ASKED

A LOCAL BIOLOGIST ABOUT THEM.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY FOX SQUIRRELS.

THEY'RE LESS COMMON. THEN THE

GREY SQUIRRELS THAT WE TEND TO

SEE AROUND THE TRIANGLE.

THIS ONE'S A LARGER THEIR

COLORS CAN VARY. IN FACT, A

FOX SQUIRRELS CAN REACH 26

INCHES IN LENGTH. THAT'S OVER

2 FEET IN LENGTH. BIOLOGISTS

SAY THEY CALL LONGLEAF PINE AND

OPEN PINE OAK FOREST IN THE

SAND HILLS HOME. THAT'S WHY SO

MANY SPECTATORS AND GOLFERS ARE

SEEING THEM AT THE U.S. OPEN.

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