Stealth Squirrels Stalk Southsea

Showing once again that they just do not understand the danger facing humanity from the Animal Uprising™, the Brits are getting gooey about one of the shock troops. The Daily Mail reports that people in Southsea believe the Alpine storm trooper squirrel they spotted in their neighborhood is "cute".

Residents spoke of their surprise and delight today at spotting a rare albino squirrel scavenging for nuts in their back gardens.

The red-eyed all-white squirrel, which neighbours have nicknamed Snowy, was first spotted last autumn and is now a regular visitor alongside other normal grey squirrels in Campbell Road, Southsea, Hants.

Local resident Nausicaa Rufener, 35, said: "It was a real surprise to see Snowy, I've never seen anything like him before.

"He's really cute and the other squirrels don't seem to care that he's different. There doesn't seem to be any racism in the squirrel world - unlike with Celebrity Big Brother.

"We've called him Snowy because with the mild winter we've had up until now, we thought we wouldn't be getting any snow this year, so he's as rare as a snow shower round here."

One is surprised the paper didn't manage to work a global warming reference in somehow. They managed the Big Brother thing, after all. But nonetheless, the Brits miss the point. There is a snowstorm forecast for England and there will be plenty on the ground shortly. That is when they'll figure out that "Snowy" is only a scout. When residents are being dragged down and savaged by hundreds of camouflaged squirrels they won't think it's "cute".