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Romano started sharing photos she had taken of the UT squirrels to an Instagram page in early 2018. The account was a hit, and the page now has almost 8,000 followers.
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“That’s how it all started. People really responded positively to it,” Romano shared.
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Her favorites include Berry, a mother squirrel who had berry stains on her face when Romano met her, and two squirrels named Sunflower that she wasn’t able to tell apart at first.
"There's actually two Sunflowers and I didn't realize this until seeing them many times, and I don't want to give up either of their names. There's Sunflower One and there's Sunflower Two," she told KVUE.
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You are about to witness the traumatic moment when Ace dropped his peanut-filled Easter egg. He was devastated but amazed at the same time.
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This boye was caught stealing 10lbs of peanuts from the peanut bank and was thrown into squirrel-jail for his crimes.
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Oh lawd she at it again. This is pole-squirrel. She likes to sit on fences. She thinks about the meaning of life and what came first: the nut or the tree.
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Nutterbutter agreed to model for me. He is such a natural. Look at dat pose
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Thanks to the Instagram’s popularity, and a successful Kickstarter campaign, Romano decided to create a yearbook for the squirrels to celebrate their time on UT’s campus.
Thanks to the Instagram's popularity, and a successful Kickstarter campaign, Romano decided to create a yearbook for the squirrels to celebrate their time on UT's campus.
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