Originally Posted by CCCC
Anyone see something odd in coloration/configuration of the animals in the past 2 photos?
might have something to do with limited gene pool size too? Good bit of info on it.

https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/Elk/Pages/HistoryofElkinPA.aspx

https://www.esu.edu/dna/research/population-genetics/pennsylvania-elk.cfm

https://www.newswise.com/articles/some-re-established-elk-herds-lack-genetic-diversity-of-ancestors

The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?