There are some things in life that we just have to accept we'll never have any answers to — why we dream, what gravity is, why Brad Pitt decided he could somehow do better than Jennifer Aniston. The list truly goes on.
For a long time, we considered black squirrels to be one of those unanswerable phenomenons in the modern world. Where did they come from? What makes their fur black? Seriously, why did Brad dump Jen?
But now, scientists think they might finally have some much-needed answers for those of us losing sleep over the curious case of the black squirrel. And it all has to do with interspecies breeding.