[Rupert_Baehr]

I recognise that animal! It's an 'End'.

They're not uncommon. - In fact, there are signs on many roads telling people where they are.

'Dead End'

[Spikie]

Perhaps it is a giant vole?

If need be more photos can be taken tomorrow, though I think I captured it's essence.

[dunsel]

Perhaps its the lesser striped pothole, quite common in Sheffield, I believe.

[VideoPro]

Common Brushtail Possum

[dunsel]

Respect, mate. Saw a possum rummaging around a dumpster in SF last year, you are right. Naw, it was a racoon.

[Mizzy]

GOOD GOD at that picture! I braced myself and clicked on it but will freely admit I was not prepared for what I saw - I have never seen a creature like that before. Not a rat, no way. I would have been shocked to the bone to have seen this mysterious corpse in the flesh. Whilst I still think that water vole is the best guess i must confess to thinking the rodent looks domestic, iykwim. Maybe an escaped pet of some sort? There must be a wildlife expert on here, if so I implore you to put us all out of our misery. Someone name this beast so as we can all rest easy! Xx

[dunsel]

Mizzy,calm down, this is cyberspace. Go for a drive, encounter potholes, Sheffield is the most sane city in the world. If you feel threatened, swing round my place.

[handypandy]

If the mystery isn't solved, it must be time to get HIM involved.

[bexx140]

It's a water rat, different face to typical street rat, little bit cuter. Google it x

[bexx140]

Also known as a water vole x

[Spikie]

Water voles reach 140–220 millimetres (5.5–8.7 in) in length plus a tail of 55–70 millimetres (2.2–2.8 in) of this.

Mine was obviously an ovesized member of the family then, perhaps that's why it was run over, after being laughed out of the nest by its friends for being so big

[Mizzy]

Originally Posted by dunsel

Mizzy,calm down, this is cyberspace. Go for a drive, encounter potholes, Sheffield is the most sane city in the world. If you feel threatened, swing round my place.

Rofl at your soothing words! Much appreciated. It would indeed be most unlikely and unfortunate if Sheffield turned out to be teaming with this unknown vermin.

If only Steve Irwin was still alive. I'd have put good money on him poking the little critter with a stick a few times whilst simultaneously grinning like a demented thing. Mystery would get solved though.Xx

[dunsel]

ROFL, please exlplain, Missy.

[DOMMI]

There are some strange sights in Chapeltown. At the moment I have several frogs in my pond with two heads and eight legs, makes you think, what next?

[dunsel]

Dommi, the neuclear power plant at Elsecar explains everything.

[DOMMI]

It's not something new, strange creatures, I am getting on a bit, but I remember when Sheffield was a very dirty city and the air was so thick with dirt and fumes, The birds used to fly backwards, so as not to get dirt in their eyes.

[Swagstar]

Thread reported for people taking the **** outta my ex

[strikerPaul]

Originally Posted by Mizzy

GOOD GOD at that picture! I braced myself and clicked on it but will freely admit I was not prepared for what I saw - I have never seen a creature like that before. Not a rat, no way. I would have been shocked to the bone to have seen this mysterious corpse in the flesh. Whilst I still think that water vole is the best guess i must confess to thinking the rodent looks domestic, iykwim. Maybe an escaped pet of some sort? There must be a wildlife expert on here, if so I implore you to put us all out of our misery. Someone name this beast so as we can all rest easy! Xx

Water Vole 100%

[fatwhale]

squirrel with a bold tail...........

[Spikie]

Perhaps now as it is a City celebrity I should find it a burial patch and give it a proper funeral?