A Pennsylvania couple trapped, of all things, a purple squirrel on Sunday. Percy and Connie Emert, of Jersey Shore, Pa. caught the unusual animal when trying to keep birds safe from the rodents.

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The Emerts released the squirrel back into the wild on Tuesday.
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Interesting! I'd love to know the reason these squirrels are purple -- the article states at least two others occurred in the past.
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I bet all of the other squirrels laugh and call him names! ;~( Poor squirrel
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Let the squirrel out of the cage!! It's not its fault it's purple.
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Little Ricky Sanatorium, dipped the squirrel in some purple Jesus he had mixed.
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Probably dietary. Wiki says they eat a lot of tree buds in the early spring, could be too many red buds. When my sister was a baby she loved carrots so much she turned a bit orange, our Mom says.
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I'm thinking a diet including blue berries, black rasberries, currents, or a mess of dark colored grubs and insects. It could be something unnatural, however.
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He/she certainly is an even color.
The lady with the purple rabbit? Well I guess that was a childhood, Easter memory. :-)
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Fascinating color! I do hope that it is nature and not an indication of chemicals peculating up through the ground. (water?)
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Just Rocky going punk on us ,have you caught a glimpse of Bullwinkle these days, heavy !!!
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I've never seen a purple squirrel, I hope I never see one.
But I can tell you anyhow, I'd rather see than be one!
That's one cool squirrel!!!
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uhh, maybe it's at Jay's Diner with Big E (Enoch) stranger things have been known to happen at Jay's Diner...uhuh..for sure.
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